Archive for March, 2008

An Historical Webcomic With Cat Art

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

unknown: (In which we continue our tour of online comics with intriguing art, of which you may not have heard.) Sometimes you read a webcomic because you want it to succeed. Usually the comic in question isn’t very polished or even particularly … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking ...

Let’s Count: Boosting Math in PK-3

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

unknown: We all know that the early years lay an essential foundation of literacy skills that students must acquire to support later learning. But it’s also true that children need to master foundational math skills in the early grades in order … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking ...

Pre-Algebra HW 3/18

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

SteveH: 7-2: No hw. 7-3: Read p.354-355 Do on p.355-357 #3, 4, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23ac, 24, 25, 28, 32-34 Show work for 20, 22, 23ac, 24, 25, 28, 32, 34. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Read more ...

Please let me in…

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

admin: And, the poor child inherited my poor math skills (inherited from two parents that couldn’t even help me get through 8th grade math), but can swing his mind around World War II like nobody’s business. But, my other son (#2) inherited … Read more

6.5 - Looking Back with Exponents (Day 2)

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Joel Kamnitzer: Really a review day after I’ve moved rather quickly through this chapter. After going over the homework, I’m giving them the More Practice Your Skills worksheets for sections 6.3, 6.4, and 6.5 and having them do parts of them to turn in … Read more

What Algebra? When?

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

unknown: “As Chambers (1994) notes, algebra for all is the right goal—we just need to make sure that we’re all targeting the right algebra in our teaching. This algebra would focus on topics like expressions, linear and quadratic equations, … Read more

Math Wars, The Pre-eminence of Algebra and the Presidential Math Panel

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

unknown: Not only is the progression from arithmetic manipulation of fractions to Algebra tenuous, but neither of the assumptions underlying the value of teaching fractions or Algebra are ever questioned. The President’s Math Panel, … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new ...

A game of tag, anyone?

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

rightwingprof: More specifically blogging, and am not going to see the living daylights again, because I am going to screw up Math exam which happens to be day after tomorrow. I guess ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ might not be a bad case of apocalypse … Read more

Tannakian construction of the fundamental group and Kapranov’s …

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

April: This post is a report on a talk that Mikhail Kapranov gave in Berkeley a few weeks ago on the “fundamental Lie algebra” — it is a Lie algebra associated to a manifold and a point on the manifold much like the fundamental group. … Share and Enjoy: These icons link ...

Tannakian construction of the fundamental group and Kapranov’s …

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

: April:. This post is a report on a talk that Mikhail Kapranov gave in Berkeley a few weeks ago on the “fundamental Lie algebra” — it is a Lie algebra associated to a manifold and a point on the manifold much like the fundamental group. … Share and Enjoy: These icons ...