4 Great Equation Tools for Math Teachers and Students. June 29, 2015 Here are four excellent Chrome apps specifically curated for Math teachers and students.
These apps are ideal for writing, editing and viewing math formula whether they are simple or complex. One of these tools, TeX equation editor, is integrated with Google Drive so you can easily paste TeX equations right into your Google Docs. 1- Daum Equation Edior 'Edit the formula in this program is designed to quickly and easily. In the editor that provides many types of formulas with just the click of a button you can create a formula. 'This is a fast equation editor/viewer that allows you to type equations quickly using helpful shortcuts and see them as you do. 3- TeX Equation Editor ‘You can generate an image of a mathematical formula using the TeX(or LaTeX) language.This is useful for displaying complex formulas on your web page. 4- MathX Equation Builder for Google Docs ‘MATHX is the next generation equation editor that makes typing equations fast and easy for everyone.
This New York Times Article Is The Future Of Math Textbooks. I raved for a minute on Twitter last week about this New York Times article.
You should read it (play it? Experience it?) And then come back so I can explain why it’s what math curriculum could and should become. The lesson asks for an imprecise sketch rather than a precise graph. This is so rare. You can always ask a student to move higher but it’s difficult to ask a student to move lower, forgetting what they’ve already seen. Their reason is exactly right: We asked you to take the trouble to draw a line because we think doing so makes you think carefully about the relationship, which, in turn, makes the realization that it’s a line all the more astonishing. That isn’t just their intuition about learning. This isn’t just great digital pedagogy, it’s great pedagogy. For instance: The lesson builds your thinking into its instruction. The lesson is the same but it is presented differently and responsively from student to student.
It makes your classmates’ thinking visible. Teaching Math: Changing Education My last post looked at math as part of an inquiry-driven, interdisciplinary curriculum, with the focus on the individual learner's questions and needs.
Let's turn now to some of the values and aspirations informing that approach -- inclusion, inspiration, empowerment, and positive change. Who does math? Or, of more immediate significance to students, who teaches math? Two math professors are on Hampshire's faculty, Sarah Hews and Geremías Polanco Encarnación. Together, they present a richness of models of who does math, including women, people of color, international scholars, and first-generation scholars.
Professors who don't need to check off boxes or compare performance can concentrate on assisting students in developing the skills and confidence to grow as independent learners. With all the basic courses and resources now available online, teaching math is no longer just providing content. Many times, pooled resources are available in educational settings. This is important. Footy Maths 2015. Mark high and tackle tough problems!
Give your students real life maths involving problem solving, investigations, chance and statistical activities using the new 2015 Footy maths pack. Suited to: Years 3-8 The 2015 Footy Maths pack is a ready-to-use program that gets students excited about learning! Tap into students' enthusiasm for football by bringing the mathematics of the game into the classroom. By completing the activities each round, students will explore problem solving and investigations, and learn that maths is everywhere! Written by maths educator, Richard Korbosky, the 24-page student workbook aims to engage students in real-life maths problems, and gives students the opportunity to apply their skills using Friday's Pre Game and Monday's The Game liftouts in The West Australian.
This action-filled pack links to the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics. Sample workbook pages Curriculum links In 2012 the NIE Footy Maths Pack was awarded a prestigious national newspaper prize. A Really, Really Cool Website For Students Who Think They Hate Math. The best resource for a student that thinks they hate math is a great teacher.
But what about the best resource for that teacher? Beyond an active imagination, ability to relate to students, and an incredibly strong content knowledge themselves, it may not get much better than Numberphile . While the site is simple a crudely interactive graphic with links to videos, it has, in one fell swoop, creatively curated some of the most compelling and engaging “problems” in mathematics. From Benford’s Law to French Numbers, to whether or not zero is an even number, it frames the content area of math–which is often riddled with rote practice of very traditional arithmetic and formulas–in a problem-based learning kind of approach.
Fantastic resource for bell ringers, test questions, math project-based learning ideas, or as a model for students to curate their own curiosities about the incredible–and poorly marketed–world of mathematics.