Archive for February, 2008

LHS Algebra Project Students Lead “Family Math Night” Activities

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Rob Cruickshank: … civil rights activists and educators assembled at the Medical Mall in Jackson , Mississippi with great anticipation of the demonstrations in mathematics which would be led by the Algebra Project students of Lanier. … Read more

Post #4

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

darvish: Sections 8.1 & 8.2- Compound Interest. Key notes to remember!! * Money deposited in the bank or other investments earns interest at a certain rate. * Every once in a while, the money is compounded. This means that a new amount is … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social ...

ReGenerating the Field

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

coconutwireless: After inviting me to write a guest post for his blog quodlibet I collected my thoughts on the purpose of these mini math machines. The post is called math skills. Matt helps us understand that creating the infidel heteroglossia that is … Read more

Trigonometry Identities

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Paul Ortchanian: Flashcards for Precalculus trig identities. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Read more

Wow!

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

unknown: They also reported 50 fewer minutes of recess (28% dcrs). Improve reading and math skills is not the problem. The problem is how we’re paying for it. Image Citation: M, Chris. “Math Homework.” Hunkdujour’s Photostream. 14 Apr 2005. … Read more

Murphy’s Law and other sites

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

unknown: Because apparently I have waaaaayyyyy too much time on my hands, one of my students introduced me to a new time sink: this list of Cool Math Sites. I had seen some of the sites on the list (which is organized by topic, … Read more

Preschool - Kindergarten Super Scholar Giveaway

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

unknown: It’s packed with early reading and math skills with four different computer games that make learning fun. super-scholar. This bundle includes:. Alphabet Express: featuring letter recognition, alphabetizing, problem solving, … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Read more ...

Math Games Can Help All Students

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

unknown: Imagine if you are teaching junior high math and realize that some of your students do not know how to add and subtract. If you have to take valuable class time to teach these basic elementary math skills, the rest of your students will … Read more

Early Muslim Science and Invention - Teach Your Children

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

webmaster@algebra.com: What Should be Taught: Trigonometry remained largely a theoretical science among the Greeks. It was developed to a level of modern perfection by Muslim scholars, although the weight of the credit must be given to al-Battani. … Read more

Linear Algebra - Vector Subspaces

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Luca Aceto: 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data Give an example of a nonempty subset U of R2 such that U is closed under scalar multiplication, but U is not a subspace of R2. 2. Relevant equations … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where ...