tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post7526353735304695036..comments2024-03-22T13:39:55.941-07:00Comments on Math Mama Writes...: The Learning GameSue VanHattumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-46746247051146954832012-08-09T19:51:16.022-07:002012-08-09T19:51:16.022-07:00I see your point. When I wanted to explain how it ...I see your point. When I wanted to explain how it was a game, I resorted to comparing it to peek-a-boo and hide-and-seek. <br /><br />It felt game-like to me the two times I attended a WAYK session. The intensity of my engagement, the way we all worked together, ... <br /><br />I think one game aspect for the people very into WAYK is what they call language hunting, trying to learn more language from native speakers. <br /><br />I have a handout prepared on this, and am still meditating on how to introduce it.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-69757215390111227902012-08-08T18:00:49.489-07:002012-08-08T18:00:49.489-07:00Interesting concept Sue, I had never heard of it b...Interesting concept Sue, I had never heard of it before. <br /><br />My question is how is this a game? There does not appear to be winners, losers, goals, problems, or a strategy. It feels more like a technique to facilitate how a classroom is run, but it does not really feel like a game to me?Mike Kaechelehttp://concretekax.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-87367194020508194242012-06-08T13:45:51.455-07:002012-06-08T13:45:51.455-07:00Thanks, Jo. Yep, we're definitely at the throw...Thanks, Jo. Yep, we're definitely at the throwing out ideas stage here.<br /><br />And I hope I can find a way to go through a testing my wild ideas stage before fall semester starts.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-50879272460536437152012-06-08T13:19:40.619-07:002012-06-08T13:19:40.619-07:00Ooh. I can see My Turn/Your Turn used if you have ...Ooh. I can see My Turn/Your Turn used if you have students doing problems on the board. Maybe one sets up the problem and does a few steps and then hands it over.<br /><br />Maybe in a Calculus problem, one does the Calculus while the next does all the algebra needed to get the "final" answer.<br /><br />Or one draws the picture and another "works" the problem.<br /><br />Or one solves geometrically and the next algebraically.<br /><br />Or one solves and the next checks.<br /><br />In integration, maybe one selects the technique and sets it up, and the next solves it.<br /><br />Not quite the same idea, but maybe one writes and the other narrates/explains the solution as it's being done. So, the writer isn't taking dictation -- both have to know what's going on.<br /><br />Just throwing out ideas....Jo in OKCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-80692149639297942302012-06-08T11:36:01.765-07:002012-06-08T11:36:01.765-07:00Thinking about John's issue with 'giving c...Thinking about John's issue with 'giving challenges in incremental doses':<br /><br />Maybe language learning is more amenable to the small bites technique than other things we learn? But when I think about how I work on hard problems in math, there's a great Polya (George Polya, <i>How to Solve It</i>) idea for when you're stuck - you create a simpler problem with similar structure. That's a way to make a smaller bite. <br /><br />I've always loved Polya's ideas. And I think they're the 'techniques' of math. Maybe Avery's Habits of Mind are too.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.com