A Collection of Math Lessons: From Grades 6 Through 8This is one of a series of three books that presents practical, classroom-tested ideas for teaching mathematics through problem solving. |
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... difficulty with English . Tri wrote : We count each side of borders are 10 , we subtract 4 because we count twice on the corner . Practice with writing is necessary for Tri to learn to express his ideas in more conventional English ...
... difficulty with English . Tri wrote : We count each side of borders are 10 , we subtract 4 because we count twice on the corner . Practice with writing is necessary for Tri to learn to express his ideas in more conventional English ...
Page 83
... difficulty with this assignment . However , as they worked , several asked me how many sentences they were supposed to have in all . My stock reply was , " Deciding when you have found them all is part of the problem you're to solve ...
... difficulty with this assignment . However , as they worked , several asked me how many sentences they were supposed to have in all . My stock reply was , " Deciding when you have found them all is part of the problem you're to solve ...
Page 104
... difficulty with this activity . Tearing corners wasn't effec- tive . Using hinged mirrors only helped with some angles . Some students fo- cused on drawing angles that they already knew to find the sums . Others worked from the pattern ...
... difficulty with this activity . Tearing corners wasn't effec- tive . Using hinged mirrors only helped with some angles . Some students fo- cused on drawing angles that they already knew to find the sums . Others worked from the pattern ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Introducing Algebra | 25 |
Patterns and Functions | 43 |
Copyright | |
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