| Discussion: | All Topics in Math 6 |
| Topic: | Formulas |
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| Subject: | RE: Formulas |
| Author: | gooofy707 |
| Date: | Mar 7 2005 |
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are letters, although substituting shapes is a great idea. I think it is that
they do not understand the concepts. A simple problem to us, such as x+3=5,
stumps students. Why? One of the issues may definatley be that anything other
than a number does not make sense. Formulas are abstract if the students do not
understand what the variables mean, what they represent, and how they are
useful.
-Elsa
On Feb 24 2005, tovali wrote:
> You are in no way alone. Students are afraid of letters! Sometimes I
> will substitute shapes (circles, triangles, squares) for the
> variables so that they focus on the patterns seen using the laws of
> algebra to solve an equation for a variable.
On Feb 24 2005,
> Mrs J wrote:
> I have noticed over the last few years that students
> are having more
> difficulty with the concept of formulas. It could
> be something as
> simple as I=prt area, perimeter, volume,
> temperature converion, or
> any instance where the process is to
> enter numbers and compute the
> answer from that info. Am I alone
> or have others seen this problem?
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