Take this tour of functional thinking applied to the key concepts of mathematics. Visualize and experience the power of the spreadsheet to unify and simplify math. Start with a parameter table, use rules to build function tables and models, then graph, analyze, and iterate the models to ask What if… The Tour is an interactive …
ATMNE Conference 2017, Nov 2, 2017
New Marlboro, MA, Nov 2, 2017, Session #11 10:45 – 11:45 Sudbury Grades 6 – 12 Peter Mili & Art Bardige Problem Solving in the Digital Age Known as Word problems, Story Problems, or Application Problems, making sense of and solving these problems is challenge for many students and teachers. We bring you a unique, …
Inverse Variation
The variables in most of the functions we are used to working with vary directly, as one goes up the other goes up. What do functions that vary inversely, when one variable goes up the other goes down, look and act like?
“Just try it on!”
Spanglish is one of those movies that grows on you. A coming to America story filled with themes that move us: a dedicated and resourceful woman, a dysfunctional but caring family, a highly successful artist, and of course love. It has many scenes that touch us deeply. One of those, highest on my list, is …
Collaboration is Cheating?
One of the four C’s, perhaps for many the most important 21st century skill, is considered in our schools, cheating. Students caught talking to each other during exams are either yelled at or disciplined for cheating. Homework is supposed to be an individual activity and students are punished for cheating if their paper looks like …