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| Subject: | RE: Algebra Textbook Recommendation |
| Author: | LFS |
| Date: | Jun 18 2007 |
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couple of weeks ago and am really enjoying the thinking!
I too don't like the glitz of the color textbooks- it is both expensive and I
don't think it aids in the communication - though I think that the authors (and
publishers) believe that it does.
I personally think that the best way to get the interactive classroom effect in
an asynchronous and distant environment is to use teacher and student mathcasts
- that is screencasts or audio-visual explanations about mathematics. Then
both the student can see and hear the process of the teacher's thinking and the
teacher can see and hear the process (or non-process) of the student's
thinking.
Here are some links to
teacher mathcasts: http://www.mathcasts.org/mc/4-7/percent_1/index.html
(single mathcast)
http://math247.jot.com/WikiHome/Library/Special/WASL/WASL%20-%20Practice/WASL%20Problems%20of%20the%20Day/WASL%20POD%20-%2010th%20Grade/WASL%20POD%20-%2010%20-%20Week%2011
student mathcasts (algebra): http://robertfant.com/AcademicOlympics/Proof.html
3rd grader mathcasts: (you have to watch the foxes!)
http://www.screencast.com/users/Mathcasts.org/collections/Mathcasts%20by%20Students/media/7246ddc5-c02e-448f-adfe-4c9dc056d446
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