Contemporary Algebra Collection (new resources 2/4/2019)
The Contemporary Algebra Collection now contains 28 activities spread from basic math to...
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Category: Quantitative Reasoning
Add Graphs In The World to Courses
Now you can add Graphs in the World to your courses in the LMS! Create a new “page” in...
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Bringing the Real World to Your Math Class Every Day
I’ve been spending the first 5-10 minutes of every 2-hour math class discussing graphs in...
Read MoreData Sleuthing
Khan Academy Idaho is a grant-funded initiative to help K-12 teachers in Idaho integrate digital devices and the Khan Academy program into their math classrooms. Yesterday I gave a keynote there called “Between a Rock and...
Read MoreWolframAlpha: Recalculating Teaching and Learning
For at least a decade, we have had the ability to let CAS software perform computational mathematics, yet computational skills are still a large portion of the mathematics curriculum. Enter Wolfram|Alpha. Unlike traditional CAS...
Read MoreNew Math: A Formula for Everything
I think that I will have to start (or end?) every class session next fall with one of these fabulous formulas from New Math. Some of them are obvious (once you see them) and some of them just have me laughing out loud because of...
Read MoreMetric System in Real World Context
From xkcd: Maybe Common Craft can tackle Metrics in Plain English next?
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