Teaching Math

Video: Playing to Learn Math

• Play and Learn

Video: Playing to Learn Math

Maria Andersen 18 October 2010

This presentation is a philosophical argument for what is wrong with the way we teach math and...

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Shifting Assessment in a World with WolframAlpha

• Assessment for Math

Shifting Assessment in a World with WolframAlpha

Maria Andersen 12 October 2010

I let my students use Wolfram Alpha when they are in class and when they are doing...

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Help Students Pay Attention to Test Details

• Assessment

Help Students Pay Attention to Test Details

Maria Andersen 7 October 2010

Students lose SO many exam points because they just don’t read the directions and pay attention to...

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Playing to Learn Math (new version)

• Algebra

Playing to Learn Math (new version)

Maria Andersen 1 October 2010

I am at the Kansas City Math Technology Expo this weekend doing two talks. Today’s talk was...

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David McCandless: Data Detective

• Data Visualization

David McCandless: Data Detective

Maria Andersen 23 August 2010

I just finished watching the TED Talk by David McCandless called “The Beauty of Data Visualization” and...

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ADA and Hyperlinks

• Classroom Teaching

ADA and Hyperlinks

Maria Andersen 17 August 2010

You know how sometimes you let a question linger in the background until one day you decide...

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Math Technology to Engage, Delight, and Excite

• CAS

Math Technology to Engage, Delight, and Excite

Maria Andersen 14 May 2010

This is the Plenary Address from MAA Michigan last week. Math Technology to Engage, Delight, and Excite...

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TED Talk on Wolfram Alpha

• CAS

TED Talk on Wolfram Alpha

Maria Andersen 11 May 2010

The talk is titled “Computing a Theory of Everything”

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The Calculus Tweetwars

• Calculus

The Calculus Tweetwars

Maria Andersen 16 April 2010

I wanted to wait until I was SURE that this was going to happen before I mentioned...

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NYT Opinionator Series about Math

• Algebra

NYT Opinionator Series about Math

Maria Andersen 13 April 2010

For a few months now, the NYT Opinionator Blog has been hosting a series of pieces that...

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Algebra is Weightlifting for the Brain

• Algebra

Algebra is Weightlifting for the Brain

Maria Andersen 29 March 2010

This was my presentation on Friday in Austin, Texas at the Developmental Education TeamUp Conference. The process...

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Mathematweets

• Communicating Math

Mathematweets

Maria Andersen 13 March 2010

Whether you’re interested in using Twitter as a teaching tool or not, I think you’ll enjoy this...

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Playing to learn math?

• Play and Learn

Playing to learn math?

Maria Andersen 4 March 2010

This presentation, built yesterday, is my philosophical argument for why we should be actively pursuing games as...

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Math ELITEs (Classrooms for Active Mathematics)

• Classroom Tech

Math ELITEs (Classrooms for Active Mathematics)

Maria Andersen 25 February 2010

Thanks to Diane, Gary, and Tom … who also contributed ideas to this classroom redesign project idea....

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Prime Number Manipulatives

• Active Learning in Math

Prime Number Manipulatives

Maria Andersen 19 February 2010

In this post we liken finding the prime number factorization to the nucleotides that make up a...

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Can we Teach Students to Understand Math Tests?

• Math Study Skills

Can we Teach Students to Understand Math Tests?

Maria Andersen 23 November 2009

A few weeks ago, I gave a test where the grades were less than stellar. Whenever this...

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How to Study for a Math Test

• Digital Age Projects

How to Study for a Math Test

Maria Andersen 3 November 2009

The Fall 2009 Calculus class at Muskegon Community College was tasked (by me) with learning how to...

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My Interview at Wolfram Alpha HomeworkDay

• CAS

My Interview at Wolfram Alpha HomeworkDay

Maria Andersen 30 October 2009

Believe it or not, it was scarier to watch the video than to do the interview!  I...

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Math Videos at the Sputnik Observatory

• Algebra

Math Videos at the Sputnik Observatory

Maria Andersen 26 October 2009

The Sputnik Observatory, is dedicated to providing a venue for viewing and sharing ideas and philosophies of...

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WolframAlpha: Recalculating Teaching and Learning

• CAS

WolframAlpha: Recalculating Teaching and Learning

Maria Andersen 23 October 2009

For at least a decade, we have had the ability to let CAS software perform computational mathematics,...

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