Ask Natural Math is a Q&A tool for family mathematics. Brenda asked a
fabulous question there: "What are some examples of how a "novice" can
behave as an "expert" in math-related activities?"
There are a few examples:
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If you have a good example, please contribute!
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I just added this to the Flow Channel collection at
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If you can't see the pictures and formatting in the email, follow the link.
What do you think?
"Math as its own context" and "Another context as a metaphor source"
Paul Lockhart, in his "Lament" (the book version) talks about the importance
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The two stated reasons for banning homeschool teams from entering
MathCounts:
- Some people pretend to be homeschooler groups
- Homeschooler teams are not restricted geographically like schools are, so
they have larger pools to select from
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Brenda,
Can you please add this question and your answer to Ask Natural Math?
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We will use the tool more extensively now that clubs and what not are
starting in the Fall.
Cheers,
Maria Droujkova
Make math your own, to make your own math.
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He wanted no memorials, but he expressed a desire for the Gatherings for
Gardner to continue.
In this spirit the Gathering For Gardner Foundation invites you to celebrate
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The opinions expressed here are the personal views of Karl Fisch and do not
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Roland:
Take a look at the following ur dealing with Connected Mathematics:
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and the following url for Discovering Algebra: [link]
or the Interactive Mathematics program: [link]
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*WCYDWT A New Vision for Math Reform* *Event Host: Dan Meyer*
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
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Greetings All,
We are in the process of resubmitting a fostering algebraic reasoning
proposal for the fall IES deadline and I thought I might pose to the group,
what are the best/most researched algebraic reasoning curriculum that you
are aware of? would suggest?
We are focusing on middle school students given the increased expectations
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Oh, that was a while ago.... we felt that table recall might help but in the end he found more success in learning how to "shred" (as I describe) the problems. He breaks them down to solve in less formal ways. I've also found that when he gets too wild and I need to settle him I give him counting exercises... this may seem easy, but try counting to 200 by 7's or even more challenging by 13.25's (or any other multiplier you can think of) the focus goes from whatever undesired behavior I was trying to eliminate to trying to beat the challenge and prove himself the math master. Granted, this may only work on kids who already see themselves of masters of the mathematical domain and want to prove their ability to retain the title.
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Good point, Sue! I actually went and changed everybody's kids' names to
just initials. Thank you!
If you think it's appropriate, can you give a link to it from your blog?
Cheers,
Maria Droujkova
Make math your own, to make your own math.
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Hey Maria,
It was fun to read the stories, but could you edit mine so that mine son's name is just listed as R? (I wrote it the way I'd talk to you personally, and forgot to do my usual to keep him somewhat anonymous online.)
Thanks!
Warmly,
Sue
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Hello,
In July, I asked people who exercise rather more than less freedom in their
educational practices to share their stories of how their kids learn times
tables. I got beautifully varied responses, from the opinions that it's not
OK to study unschoolers, to descriptions of kids never learned times tables,
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That's a great idea.
Brenda
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Maybe we should make a page for examples on the wiki?
I happen to work with several students in geometry. The "expert hack" I use
there is to think about "freedoms and dependencies" in constructions.
Recently, I asked one of my students, M, to construct the shape we randomly
found in his geometry book - a Chinese Checkers field, which is a hexagon
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