Everything we learn goes through a process. First, we take in information. Second, we calculate information. Third, we output information. Like most things in life, there are better ways to do all three of these steps. Let’s explore a particular example to see what I mean: Communication – learning to communicate with other people is […]
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Have you ever connected the fact that a mathematics problem has the elements of a great story? What are the elements of a great story? Many would say that the only thing necessary for a great story is good characters and a clear problem. Well if math doesn’t have that, then I don’t know what
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If it was easy, then it wouldn’t be worth doing. This is one of the sayings that you would hear in my household on any given day. Andrew Pudewa says something similar when he says, “If it’s worth doing, then it’s worth doing poorly first.” Anything worth doing is going to take a process
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If you spent this past February surfing the web or cruising the convention aisles searching for the perfect math curricula, then it might surprise you to hear me say that the book you choose is not the key to success in high school math. In fact, if you compare today’s math curricula with Ray’s algebra
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We’ve looked at the reasons to continue through algebra 2, but what other high school math classes are worth pursuing? The traditional high school mathematics course of study is: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2, and Precalculus or Trigonometry. We’ve explored why our students should study through Algebra 2 at the very least. But what about
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