Teaching Math

Integrals and Icebergs

• Calculus

Integrals and Icebergs

Maria Andersen 13 October 2008

This little “joke” about icebergs and integrals is pretty clever.

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Can’t Graph This

• Math Humor

Can’t Graph This

Maria Andersen 5 October 2008

U Can’t Graph This

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How Tablets Enhance the Math

• Life in the Math Classroom

How Tablets Enhance the Math

Maria Andersen 2 October 2008

Let me just say how much I love having a tablet PC to teach with. It is...

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Solve It Like It’s Hot

• Algebra

Solve It Like It’s Hot

Maria Andersen 28 September 2008

Solve It Like It’s Hot

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Silent Movie: U-Substitution

• Calculus

Silent Movie: U-Substitution

Maria Andersen 21 September 2008

I can’t believe I have to wait until the end of the semester to show this in...

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Weapons of Math Instruction

• Life in the Math Classroom

Weapons of Math Instruction

Maria Andersen 20 September 2008

Yes, I do have one of these T-Shirts. I had a hard time understanding some of the...

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Election Algebra

• Algebra

Election Algebra

Maria Andersen 29 August 2008

Inspired by a great speech last night, I stopped to watch this 4-minute video from Commoncraft on...

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Teaching from the Online Calculus Trenches

• Teaching Math Online

Teaching from the Online Calculus Trenches

Maria Andersen 7 August 2008

Not entirely sure why I chose this title … I think maybe I was feeling mired in...

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Acting out Related Rates

• Calculus

Acting out Related Rates

Maria Andersen 22 July 2008

For better or for worse, here are my summer calculus student’s theatrical interpretations of related rates problems:...

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My Trilogy: Activities for Algebra

• Algebra

My Trilogy: Activities for Algebra

Maria Andersen 4 July 2008

The workbooks are all done – three workbooks of activities and assessments for the algebra classroom. The...

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MathTV: A Video Example Library

• Algebra

MathTV: A Video Example Library

Maria Andersen 5 June 2008

I stumbled across this website, MathTV, which has the beginning of a collection of video examples. The...

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Michigan MAA: Exploring Online Calculus

• Teaching Math Online

Michigan MAA: Exploring Online Calculus

Maria Andersen 3 May 2008

This afternoon I gave a talk at the Michigan MAA / MichMATYC meeting, which turns out to...

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Mathmaticious

• Teaching Math

Mathmaticious

Maria Andersen 20 April 2008

I don’t think this video needs much commentary. Thanks, Rose, for the suggestion. Let’s hope he’s as...

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Density Equalizing Maps (Worldmapper)

• Algebra

Density Equalizing Maps (Worldmapper)

Maria Andersen 28 March 2008

Some of the really stunning visuals that Neil Turok used in his TED Prize talk were graphics...

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Nobody Should Learn Algebra

• Algebra

Nobody Should Learn Algebra

Maria Andersen 28 March 2008

Roger Schank (author of many books about education) has written an interesting piece called “Just the Facts,...

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Lewis Dot Diagrams in MathType

• Equation Editors

Lewis Dot Diagrams in MathType

Maria Andersen 27 March 2008

I was discussing MathType with my officemate (who is primarily a chemistry instructor), and we got on...

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Typeset Math Easily on a Computer

• Classroom Life

Typeset Math Easily on a Computer

Maria Andersen 26 February 2008

Consider an English class prior to word processors. You wrote a sentence. You rewrote the sentence. You...

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Why Subtraction Algorithms are Hard to Learn

• Math for Elem Teachers

Why Subtraction Algorithms are Hard to Learn

Maria Andersen 24 February 2008

Once you learn the algorithms for doing multidigit subtraction, then it might be difficult to remember why...

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Nudging Text in MathType

• Equation Editors

Nudging Text in MathType

Maria Andersen 23 February 2008

Here’s where I have to admit that I used MathType for YEARS before I learned this little...

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Even better than the “live” version?

• Classroom Life

Even better than the “live” version?

Maria Andersen 15 February 2008

When I left class on Tuesday – I just didn’t feel like I had gotten class “right”...

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