a discussion forum for issues related to the teaching and learning of developmental math at NWIC
important links
Case Studies @ Evergreen
an online library of teaching materials, some of which include some quantitative concepts, which could be used in math 70 or statistics.
Dan Williams' lectures
This is a collection of videos posted by Dan Williams (NWIC math intructor at Muckleshoot)
Gates grant website
the website of the rethinking mathematics grant – lots of articles and other resources
Nice job of factoring review, though first coefficient is always 1 so cant tell if the students truly get the factoring…Ok now we got non2 coeff’s so good i still think that this is a confusing method but its a common method and you did a great job in discusing itthough i think you did need to lead the student through the problem..so i think students may or may not have a grasp of the concept i was not able to conclude student acknowledgement of the factoring…realy like the explaination of where the quadratic formula was derived…your patience is great in waiting for the students to derive the values for a b & c with the introduction of the quadratic formula…then things got a little faster i suppose you realized that your time was minimal for what you had to cover so over i liked the explaination of the quadrayic formula and why we use it however i think it will take more time , of course, to obtain understanding of it..
Daniel 1:13 pm on June 2, 2011 Permalink
Nice job of factoring review, though first coefficient is always 1 so cant tell if the students truly get the factoring…Ok now we got non2 coeff’s so good i still think that this is a confusing method but its a common method and you did a great job in discusing itthough i think you did need to lead the student through the problem..so i think students may or may not have a grasp of the concept i was not able to conclude student acknowledgement of the factoring…realy like the explaination of where the quadratic formula was derived…your patience is great in waiting for the students to derive the values for a b & c with the introduction of the quadratic formula…then things got a little faster i suppose you realized that your time was minimal for what you had to cover so over i liked the explaination of the quadrayic formula and why we use it however i think it will take more time , of course, to obtain understanding of it..