Month: February 2009
Common Craft Explains Finance
Posted by busynessgirl | Feb 25, 2009 | Algebra, College Algebra, Math for Liberal Arts, Prealgebra, Teaching Math |
CommonCraft has three new videos about math (well, technically financial math). I wonder if they’ll tackle the Gaussian Copula Function next? Saving Money in Plain English Investing Money in Plain English Borrowing Money...
Read MoreFibonacci Sequence in Siftables
Posted by busynessgirl | Feb 17, 2009 | College Algebra, Math for Elem Teachers, Math for Liberal Arts, Teaching Math |
“We’re on the cusp of this new generation of tools for interacting with digital media that are going to bring information into our world on our terms.” – David Merrill Jump to 2:20 to see the math example...
Read MoreTeaching Math with Clickers
Posted by busynessgirl | Feb 13, 2009 | Active Learning in Math, Algebra, Calculus (MV), Calculus (SV), Classroom Technology, College Algebra, Math for Elem Teachers, Prealgebra, Probability and Statistics, Teaching Math |
Today’s guest blogger is Derek Bruff, Assistant Director for the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University. Derek writes a blog you may have stumbled across called Teaching with Classroom Response Systems.Here’s a...
Read MoreXCaliberMath on Math Competitions
Posted by busynessgirl | Feb 5, 2009 | Teaching Math |
Today’s guest blogger is Paul Ancka, a middle school / high school teacher from Pasadena, California. I teach at a very small nonprofit private school (50 kids), grades 6-12. I have been using Saxon Math for the past 3...
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