tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post631579158911346321..comments2024-03-22T13:39:55.941-07:00Comments on Math Mama Writes...: Getting Ready for Day OneSue VanHattumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-29939352950465769462012-08-24T19:29:28.548-07:002012-08-24T19:29:28.548-07:00I've been inspired by a few math bloggers (inc...I've been inspired by a few math bloggers (including yourself) and thus, I've decided to start my own math blog. I am teaching two sections of Calculus I this fall. If interested, here are my day 1 plans: http://trialbyblogging.blogspot.com/2012/08/first-day-plan-calculus-i.htmlNachos Grandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02911007368272468591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-60123044530674513322012-08-15T08:24:07.844-07:002012-08-15T08:24:07.844-07:00You're welcome.
I imagine I probably got it ...You're welcome. <br /><br />I imagine I probably got it from someone else, but I sure don't know who. (If anyone reading this may have given me the idea, please speak up.)Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-36898224486613349302012-08-15T06:11:40.246-07:002012-08-15T06:11:40.246-07:00I am using a syllabus quiz next month. Thank you! ...I am using a syllabus quiz next month. Thank you! What a neat idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-36927901813356711682012-08-13T14:44:01.195-07:002012-08-13T14:44:01.195-07:00Malke, you tell me what you want to learn and I...Malke, you tell me what you want to learn and I'll be your online mentor. You are teaching me so much, I'll be lucky if I can teach you as much.<br /><br />Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-79341355025905232382012-08-13T11:33:06.082-07:002012-08-13T11:33:06.082-07:00I want to come to your math class, even though it&...I want to come to your math class, even though it's been years and years (and years) since I was in a math classroom and the only math subject I ever fully understood was high school geometry. I'd gain so much from your approach. :-)Malkehttp://www.mathinyourfeet.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-76528422950003331612012-08-12T21:31:32.824-07:002012-08-12T21:31:32.824-07:00I'm glad the axes activity might be spreading....I'm glad the axes activity might be spreading. I think it's pretty cool. I originally got it from the complex instruction workshop I went to last summer.<br /><br />What a fun story, April. Yep, anyone doing much programming has their mathematical problem-solving skills honed.<br /><br />findingemu, I'd love to know how the graphs and stories work for you. I just made that up today, and I have no idea how useful it will be. Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-14086666639962917232012-08-12T18:04:25.342-07:002012-08-12T18:04:25.342-07:00I have read about your "Put Your Group on an ...I have read about your "Put Your Group on an Axis" activity before. It is in my "do this someday" file. Whenever I have students change to new groups, I like to start with a "mathematical icebreaker" and this fits the bill.<br /><br />I only teach Middle School, but I can still see how your Graphs and Stories activity might introduce my Algebra 8 students to all the types of functions (except we won't actually do periodic) they will earn about during the year. It is on my list for the first "week!" <br /><br />Thanks :)<br />Cindy WAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-26687726784238262492012-08-12T17:41:36.007-07:002012-08-12T17:41:36.007-07:00Hmmm.. since we homeschool year round (w/ random b...Hmmm.. since we homeschool year round (w/ random breaks) there is no "first day". But we do talk about what comes next occasionally.<br /><br />My oldest (14) is finally finishing Algebra and last week we were talking about what comes next, how he has some choices (trig or geometry) and what his choices are after that (analytical geometry, statistics/probability, number theory, discrete math, and eventually calc)<br /><br />He wanted to know the difference between discrete math and calculus. After a brief description and me asking him "How would you find the area of this?" (showed him a random squiggly shape) Without any prior exposure (to my knowledge) he quickly sketched out what was essentially the Reimann sums method for finding area.<br /><br />Of course at first I was all "That's my boy!" <br />And he does have a good brain, but after giving it some thought I realized - he's been programming for years. So of course he immediately leaped to something a computer could easily do. <br /><br />It's funny to me that math thinking has generational markers - but the teens I know today think about math much differently than we did when we were that age.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04183821631585672805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-25699471026251654262012-08-12T16:41:38.015-07:002012-08-12T16:41:38.015-07:00I love the "Put your Group on an Axis" a...I love the "Put your Group on an Axis" activity. In addition to teaching 8th grade math in Berkeley, I'm teaching an undergrad math ed. class at Cal this year. I hadn't yet put much thought into my first day of class there, but now I know what I'll do as a first activity. Thanks!Allison Krasnowhttp://www.picrust.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com