Ed Wall
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Re: [math-learn] middle school math problems
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Jan 18, 2013 12:21 PM
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Dennis
While I haven't taught middle school since 1995, some of these problems seem to call on knowledge which isn't in the repertoire of the average 8th grader and, in some cases, the average 9th grader. I'd be interested in what others, currently involved in middle school mathematics teaching, think.
Putting all that aside, these problems do seem accessible to a student who is versed in Algebra I and Geometry, so I'm wondering why you think them for advanced students (I don't say they aren't, by the way). Some of these problems do require some careful thinking and, perhaps, even more importantly an investment of solution time. Is this what you are pointing at?
I looked through the archives, by the way. The quality of problems vary as to difficulty and - this is a personal judgement - appeal. I wish I had known about it before as I teach course for teachers-to-be and some of the problems are nice. I rather liked the geometric construction in the original email as I just spent a semester grumbling about student performance on such.
Ed Wall
On Jan 17, 2013, at 10:36 PM, starcap50@aol.com wrote:
> Yikes! I taught middle school mathematics for 22 years (1983-2005) and I
> have never seen any middle school math problems quite this difficult
> before. Are these for advanced middle school aged students?
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> I now do private tutoring for high school students taking Algebra 1,
> Geometry, and Algebra 2, and these problems appear to be on the advanced level
> for even these subjects.
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> In a message dated 1/17/2013 10:23:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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> We blog at _http://fivetriangles.blogspot.com_
> (http://fivetriangles.blogspot.com/) with some not-so-commonplace math problems.
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