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- Math language
Suggestions for using word walls to develop math vocabulary. Caution about
teaching key words.
- Date of thread's last activity: 17 February 2008
- Teaching area of parallograms
Suggestions for helping students understand why the perpendicular height of a
parallelogram, not its side length, is used to calculate area.
- Date of thread's last activity: 14 February 2008
- Use of matrices in transformation
Transformations using matrices
- Date of thread's last activity: 13 February 2008
- Pre-algebra and algebra software
Software and web-based applications for teaching middle school math
- Date of thread's last activity: 9 February 2008
- Prime factorization using trees
Prime factorization using factor trees
- Date of thread's last activity: 6 February 2008
- 3rd grade math enrichment
Suggestions for enrichment for advanced third grade students.
- Date of thread's last activity: 5 February 2008
- Common Mistakes in Addition and Subtraction
Common errors and misconceptions in primary math.
- Date of thread's last activity: 4 February 2008
- Multiplication and fractions in gr 2
Suggestions about the sequence of teaching multiplication and fractions in
grade 2.
- Date of thread's last activity: 2 February 2008
- Searching for Textbooks for Algebra II
We're looking for an introduction to the Hughes-Hallett books, being
considered for pre-calculus.
- Date of thread's last activity: 1 February 2008
- Interpreting remainders in division
How to interpret remainders in division word problems.
- Date of thread's last activity: 30 January 2008
- Coaching math team
Suggestions for coaching a middle grades math team.
- Date of thread's last activity: 27 January 2008
- Introduction to volume
Activities for introducing volume.
- Date of thread's last activity: 25 January 2008
- Geometry attributes
Explanation of bases and faces of 3-dimensional figures.
- Date of thread's last activity: 22 January 2008
- ESL students and word problems
Helping ESL students understand and solve word problems.
- Date of thread's last activity: 19 January 2008
- Integers
Suggestions for helping students understand multiplication and division with
negative integers.
- Date of thread's last activity: 17 January 2008
- Teaching strategies for improving math for my six year old daughter
Suggestions for teaching math to a 6-year-old at home.
- Date of thread's last activity: 16 January 2008
- Division of fractions word problems
Applications of division of fractions
- Date of thread's last activity: 11 January 2008
- Rotating shapes on a coordinate grid
Helping students understand rotations of figures on a coordinate grid.
- Date of thread's last activity: 10 January 2008
- Math assessment
How do I get my students to do better on the short and extended response
questions included in math assessment?
- Date of thread's last activity: 9 January 2008
- Schoolwide math activity
Suggestion for a schoolwide probability activity for K-5 students.
- Date of thread's last activity: 3 January 2008
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