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- Who invented math?
Discussing the invention of math
- Date of thread's last activity: 16 December 2008
- Purpose of studying algebra
Explaining the usefulness of studying algebra to students
- Date of thread's last activity: 15 December 2008
- Adapting a decimal lesson for struggling students
Laying a foundation for understanding decimals and adapting a lesson on
adding and subtracting decimals.
- Date of thread's last activity: 14 December 2008
- Division language
Helping students sort out the language we use to talk about division and what
it represents.
- Date of thread's last activity: 11 December 2008
- Order of operations: Algebra
Teaching order of operations using games and activities
- Date of thread's last activity: 9 December 2008
- Use of calculators
Where to find research on the use of calculators in elementary classrooms.
- Date of thread's last activity: 8 December 2008
- Writing algebraic expressions from verbal phrases
Suggestions for helping students understand the algebraic notation we use to
represent differences expressed verbally.
- Date of thread's last activity: 7 December 2008
- Becoming a math teacher
Preparing for a career as a math teacher for young children.
- Date of thread's last activity: 5 December 2008
- Contextualised math
Discussing ideas about teaching math in context
- Date of thread's last activity: 3 December 2008
- Teaching algebra in middle school
The debate over when to formally teach algebra
- Date of thread's last activity: 23 November 2008
- Expanded notation
Where can I find old editions of math textbooks? What is expanded notation?
- Date of thread's last activity: 22 November 2008
- Fun math activites for pre-schooler
Activities for helping pre-schoolers develop counting, sorting, and memory
skills.
- Date of thread's last activity: 21 November 2008
- Singapore math method
Singapore mathematics methods
- Date of thread's last activity: 18 November 2008
- How Pi fits into the K-12 curriculum
How Pi fits in the K-12 curriculum
- Date of thread's last activity: 18 November 2008
- Counting Money
When do children learn to to count money?
- Date of thread's last activity: 11 November 2008
- Teaching elapsed time
Suggestions for activities to use in teaching time.
- Date of thread's last activity: 11 November 2008
- One-to-one correspondence
Some ideas and activities for a lesson on one-to-one correspondence.
- Date of thread's last activity: 11 November 2008
- Support for a first-year teacher (math)
Helping a first-year teacher with lesson ideas, management, and organization
- Date of thread's last activity: 7 November 2008
- Trailblazers Math Program
The pros and cons of the Trailblazers Math Program
- Date of thread's last activity: 29 October 2008
- Teaching decimals with base ten blocks
Suggestions for using base-10 blocks to learn about decimals.
- Date of thread's last activity: 28 October 2008
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