Information and Educational Development » Math http://www.fclambda.com Provides many Information about education and educational development Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:31:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Use Algebra To Teach Basic Operations With Base Ten Manipulaives. http://www.fclambda.com/use-algebra-to-teach-basic-operations-with-base-ten-manipulaives http://www.fclambda.com/use-algebra-to-teach-basic-operations-with-base-ten-manipulaives#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:47:05 +0000 admin http://www.fclambda.com/use-algebra-to-teach-basic-operations-with-base-ten-manipulaives/ There are many kinds of base ten blocks that you can purchase, but base ten blocks are not all the same and some are much more powerful than others. First off, make sure they ARE base ten blocks, I have seen block sets where they are base seven and even base three…where seven of the x are same as an x^2 or just three y are the same as the y^2, while still quite workable doing the larger problems becomes somewhat difficult because it takes too long to count out the units. This is very much akin to getting lost in computation…many students lose track of the problem they are doing because even if they understand the concepts they can’t do the math or it takes them a long time to do the math and they forget what they were doing or trying to solve in the first place.

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]]> There are many kinds of base ten blocks that you can purchase, but base ten blocks are not all the same and some are much more powerful than others. First off, make sure they ARE base ten blocks, I have seen block sets where they are base seven and even base three…where seven of the x are same as an x^2 or just three y are the same as the y^2, while still quite workable doing the larger problems becomes somewhat difficult because it takes too long to count out the units. This is very much akin to getting lost in computation…many students lose track of the problem they are doing because even if they understand the concepts they can’t do the math or it takes them a long time to do the math and they forget what they were doing or trying to solve in the first place.

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]]> http://www.fclambda.com/use-algebra-to-teach-basic-operations-with-base-ten-manipulaives/feed 0 Use Addends To Make Addition And Subtraction Easy http://www.fclambda.com/use-addends-to-make-addition-and-subtraction-easy http://www.fclambda.com/use-addends-to-make-addition-and-subtraction-easy#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:47:56 +0000 admin http://www.fclambda.com/use-addends-to-make-addition-and-subtraction-easy/ Since 1990, I have taken on students of every skill level and age you can imagine, from 3 to 83, from those who could not yet count to those who just needed some brush up in preparation for calculus. A recurring theme among those students who are getting the poorest grades and that are saying they aren’t “getting it” is the inability to make tens (or nines).

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]]> Since 1990, I have taken on students of every skill level and age you can imagine, from 3 to 83, from those who could not yet count to those who just needed some brush up in preparation for calculus. A recurring theme among those students who are getting the poorest grades and that are saying they aren’t “getting it” is the inability to make tens (or nines).

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]]> http://www.fclambda.com/use-addends-to-make-addition-and-subtraction-easy/feed 0 Teach Counting And Make It Fun http://www.fclambda.com/teach-counting-and-make-it-fun http://www.fclambda.com/teach-counting-and-make-it-fun#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:03:17 +0000 admin http://www.fclambda.com/teach-counting-and-make-it-fun/ The mathematics begins with counting. How do we teach counting? Start with patterning. Just say the numbers from one to five, then one to ten then ten to twenty. Repeatedly. Start with your fingers, at bed time is a good time but any time is fine.

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]]> The mathematics begins with counting. How do we teach counting? Start with patterning. Just say the numbers from one to five, then one to ten then ten to twenty. Repeatedly. Start with your fingers, at bed time is a good time but any time is fine.

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]]> http://www.fclambda.com/teach-counting-and-make-it-fun/feed 0 Using Concept Based Teaching To Make Learning Fun http://www.fclambda.com/using-concept-based-teaching-to-make-learning-fun http://www.fclambda.com/using-concept-based-teaching-to-make-learning-fun#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:47:31 +0000 admin http://www.fclambda.com/using-concept-based-teaching-to-make-learning-fun/ The Five Basic Concepts:

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