These Teacher Notes from Student Explorations in Mathematics (NCTM) describe a series of activities that begins with the arch problem found in Unit 8 of the CUNY Framework. From there, students move onto into three other visual patterns. There is a strong emphasis in these notes for students to come up with different equations to … Continue reading The Algebra of Patterns
Tools of Algebra: Linear Functions (Part 1) is available at the link above. Part 2 is available here. Note: When using the packets with your students, we recommend breaking the packets up into assignments. We created a step-by-step guide for folks who are not sure how to break a PDF file into smaller chunks: Breaking Up … Continue reading Tools of Algebra: Linear Functions, Part 1
Tools of Algebra: Linear Functions (Part 2) is available at the link above. Part 1 is available here. Note: If you are teaching remote online classes during Covid-19 and using the packets with your students, we recommend breaking the packets up into assignments. We created a step by step guide for folks who are not sure … Continue reading Tools of Algebra: Linear Functions, Part 2
I first came across this problem in Marilyn Burns’ book, About Teaching Mathematics. That book was really instrumental for me as I started to realize I wanted my math class to center around rich problems, that valued student sense-making. I like this problem because it seems incredibly easy, but isn’t. I also really like that … Continue reading The Handshake Problem
(This is my third blog post on teaching functions in a high school equivalency class. Other posts can be found here.) My outline for this class: Quiz – Intro to Visual Patterns and Functions 5 Things in Common Unit 1, Activity 2: My Teacher is a Computer (review) Unit 1, Activity 3: One Rule to Bind … Continue reading Teaching the Framework 3