Category: Algebra

Contemporary Algebra Collection (new resources 2/4/2019)

by busynessgirl | Feb 4, 2019 | Algebra, College Algebra, Find and Use Data, Math by Subject, Quantitative Reasoning, Teaching Math | 0 |

The Contemporary Algebra Collection now contains 28 activities spread from basic math to...

Bringing the Real World to Your Math Class Every Day

by busynessgirl | Nov 30, 2018 | Algebra, Calculus (SV), Classroom Life, College Algebra, Curiosity, Data Visualization, Discussion Boards, Edge of Learning, Exploration, Interdisciplinary Studies, Learning Design, Math for Elem Teachers, Math for Liberal Arts, Probability and Statistics, Quantitative Reasoning, Studying Social Media | 0 |

I’ve been spending the first 5-10 minutes of every 2-hour math class discussing graphs in...

Group Exploration in Math

by busynessgirl | Oct 27, 2017 | Algebra, Classroom Life, College Algebra, Exploration, Learning Design, Life in the Math Classroom, Math by Subject, Metacognition, Teaching Math | 0 |

I am often asked how to get learners to spend more time “exploring” in their learning rather than...

Level Up: Video Games for Learning Algebra

by busynessgirl | Nov 13, 2012 | Algebra, Digital Math Games, Play and Learn, Prealgebra | 0 |

Last week I gave a presentation at AMATYC about video games for learning algebra. As usual, Mat...

Coming out of the Closet: I’m a Game Designer!

by busynessgirl | Nov 12, 2012 | Algebra, Digital Math Games, Play and Learn, Prealgebra | 0 |

I don’t even really know how to begin here. For the last three years I’ve been working...

Copyright Math

by busynessgirl | Mar 20, 2012 | Algebra, Teaching Math | 0 |

This is a short TED Talk by Rob Reid (The $8 billion iPad) that tries to infuse a little...

Scale of the Universe

by busynessgirl | Feb 13, 2012 | Algebra, Teaching Math | 0 |

One of my former students (who is still a Twitter user) pointed me to this fantastic animation of...

Collection of Math Games

by busynessgirl | Nov 14, 2011 | Algebra, Calculus (SV), Classroom Math Games, College Algebra, Digital Math Games, Math for Elem Teachers, Play and Learn | 0 |

To view the collections of Math Games, hover over the Games Menu, and go to one of the dropdown...

Signed Numbers: Colored Counters in a “Sea of Zeros”

by busynessgirl | Nov 10, 2011 | Algebra, Math Ed Research, Math for Elem Teachers, Teaching Math | 0 |

The “colored counter” method is an old tried-and-true method for teaching the concept...

Battling Bad Science (and Statistics)

by busynessgirl | Oct 6, 2011 | Algebra, Find and Use Data, Prealgebra, Probability and Statistics, Teaching Math | 0 |

If you ever needed a REASON to calculate the highest point of a parabola that opens downward, here’s one.

Exponent Block and Factor Pair Block

by busynessgirl | Apr 9, 2011 | Algebra, Classroom Math Games, Prealgebra, Teaching Math | 0 |

A few weeks ago I built two new games for algebra in one week. These games just use the game...

An Algebra Game for Trinomials

by busynessgirl | Mar 25, 2011 | Algebra, Classroom Math Games, Play and Learn | 0 |

A few weeks ago I built two new games for algebra in one week. These games just use the game...