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[...] Note: You can see the rest of the learning projects and a “big picture” idea of how I fit all this in (timewise) by reading Transforming Math for Elementary Ed. [...]

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Teaching College Math » Blog Archive » The Projects Get BETTER — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:03:14 +0000

[...] Round 3 ends tomorrow, but AMATYC starts tomorrow too, so it will be a few days before I post round 3. If you’d like to learn more about the Learning Projects for this class, you can read Transforming Math for Elementary Ed. [...]

By: vlorbik

vlorbik — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:56:30 +0000

very impressive stuff. spotted at “math teachers at play”.

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By: deb

deb — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:30:33 +0000

Sorry, wrong link…
Speed Rules Math http://tinyurl.com/27la99
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By: deb

deb — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:08:06 +0000

Maria, thank you soooo much.

I teach a similar class at Washtenaw Community College in Michigan. I have been working for a long time trying to integrate more technology into my class. I came across your site this summer and it has been instrumental in giving me direction.

I very much appreciate this post as well. I will try to modify my winter class similarly. I have to plan my approach to explain “why”, I want to use the computer time.

This week we covered mental math. Here is a fun example of Mental Math in the classroom http://tinyurl.com/mentalmath . It is an NPR interview from 2002, everyone seems to love this story.

Again, a HUGE THANK YOU! You have had a great in my classes. I am a BIG FAN!

deb

By: Reva Narasimhan

Reva Narasimhan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:53:35 +0000

Thanks, Maria, for these ideas. I’m revamping this course at our college and will be using many of your ideas. BTW, have you checked out at Kevin Jarrety’s blog on tech in elementary school? http://www.ncs-tech.org

I use for finding out stuff for my kids.

By: Maria H. Andersen

Maria H. Andersen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:59:54 +0000

These students are working on a degree in Elementary Education (K-6). They are almost all nervous about math. It is a mixture of Freshman who are straight out of high school and Sophomores who have taken the Algebra sequence (up to Intermediate Algebra) at the college. The majority are 18-24, but a couple are older students returning to school (with children at home). It’s a 4-credit class, so we do 3 hours in the classroom and 1 in the lab each week. I’m doing it hybrid next semester – the lab time will just move “online” and one hour of class time will move online as well.

I’m doing a different version of this in Calculus – more to come on that later.

By: Xi_Heather

Xi_Heather — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:39:03 +0000

Maria, can you tell me a little bit about who the audience is? I’m *guessing* that they aren’t future math majors, but people who are taking the class as a requirement for getting elementary ed certification. (If so, I’d guess that a fair number of them enter the class nervous about math.) Is this generally their first math class post-high school? And are they mostly 18-20 or mostly older? And is this a 3-credit or 4-credit class?

I’m wondering how your population/course compares to ours. I think what you’re describing sounds really wonderful.