Archive for March, 2008

Streaming Webinar Video: Clickable Calculus - Differential …

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Mark J. Perry: By solving a spectrum of standard (and not-so-standard) problems drawn from differential equations, linear algebra, and vector calculus, this session will demonstrate the potential of “Clickable Calculus” to enrich the mathematical … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new ...

Trig Identities and the Unit Circle

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Flep: Now, with some fiddling the traditional unit circle can be used to represent all the trigonometry functions, but there’s an alternate version of the unit circle that works better in demonstrating the tangent and secant. … Read more

Muslim scientists and thinkers: Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

martinleslie: He also made major contributions to the fields of algebra, trigonometry, astronomy, geography and cartography. His systematic and logical approach to solving linear and quadratic equations gave shape to the discipline of algebra, … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new ...

Rod & Staff Algebra?

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Luca Aceto: A customer, concerned about post-Grade-Eight Rod and Staff math, emailed us: “Can you tell me if Rod and Staff plans an algebra series. I am so happy with their math curriculum, and I worry about what to do when we have completed it.” … Read more

Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted.

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

unknown: And I studied hard for this darn exam aight! OH PHOOEY. At least there’s no exam till Week 4, yayyy! And even then, it’s just practicals, and mugging is not necessary. So to relieve my anger/ frustration from the math exam, … Read more

Pre-Algebra HW 3/27

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Luca Aceto: The following hw is due for 7-1 and 7-2 on Monday, 7-3 tomorrow. All: Read p.362-364 Do on p.364-366 #2, 3, 12, 15-18, 20-22, 24, 25, 32, 35-37 Show work for 12, 15-18, 20-25, 32, 35, 36. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers ...

Abel Prize 2008

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Mark J. Perry: Thompson and Tits receives the Abel Prize “for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory”. The committee’s citation can be read here. Thompson and Walter Feit are the authors of the famous … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites ...

Raun Kaufman Spews Offensive Unfounded Anti-ABA Rhetoric

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

unknown: It has helped Conor, despite his severe deficits, learn a range of bathroom skills and safety skills. Conor has learned basic reading, printing and math skills .. by ABA instruction. And he enjoys it asking for his ABA therapists by … Read more

What’s the difference between a JK Rowling novel and an US Math book

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

unknown: It’s become such an epidemic that even President George Bush is concerned with the lack of math skills in the US. He commissioned the National Mathematics Advisory Panel to search for “the best available scientific research to advise on … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites ...

Making Math Relevant to Students

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Cory Doctorow: Contextualizing math (RELEVANCE) is the key to improving math skills in this country. Many teachers still confuse methodology and rigor. They believe rigor involves making it hard to learn. Rigor is about what the student learns, … Read more