Tuesday, May 25, 2010
April Fools Joke - Not!!!
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Today I had a look at the expected standards "C grade descriptors". This document outlines the requirements of a C grade for a stu...
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Teaching of mathematical literacy
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I have been teaching a low literacy class this year and it has taught me the perils of relying on the immersion technique to teach mathemati...
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Functions and the Casio Calculator fog(x)
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When finding fog(x) the CAS calculator does a good job of simplifying algebraic steps, often to the point of making traditional questions tr...
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Inverse Functions and the Casio classpad 330
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The 3CD course requires knowledge of domain, range, co-domain and inverse functions. The classpad can handle these in a number of ways. The...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010
Composite Area problems
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With my year 10 "literacy focus" mathematics class we have been looking at the language of measurement, specifically area and peri...
Monday, April 19, 2010
Issues with national curriculum
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Today at a PD of five secondary schools and their mathematics teachers, we had a quick look at the national curriculum. As an upper school ...
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
Reflection prior to term
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I can't say it's been the most productive or relaxing break, but it sure was needed. It helped focus what needs to be done, what I ...
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Study that supports extrinsic reward
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News aggregator Slashdot reports that paying yr 2's to read has fantastic results in encouraging students to read. Kids were paid US$2 ...
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