tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36651338309367426.post3423076678356353220..comments2024-03-21T00:26:20.523-07:00Comments on i is a number: Derailing for the Sake of My StudentsKathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301412875277554720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36651338309367426.post-37530351601400741302013-12-30T14:30:00.452-08:002013-12-30T14:30:00.452-08:00I agree 100% with your analysis of what is happeni...I agree 100% with your analysis of what is happening in classrooms. Thanks so much for reading and sharing!Tina Cardonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00549943329133396794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36651338309367426.post-16957349785959391702013-12-20T11:40:54.107-08:002013-12-20T11:40:54.107-08:00Time is always an issue and hardest part I have wi...Time is always an issue and hardest part I have with teaching at an accelerated pace is that "time is not on my side". I don't like to resort to tricks because I need them to have a deep understanding because I'll have them again as 8th graders and Coordinate Algebra is very challenging if you don't understand the fundamentals taught in 8th grade. So, for me, it is more about being able to lay a solid foundation for what's coming ahead. You hit the nail right on the head.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04349717288640432302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36651338309367426.post-8648878633150968142013-12-10T05:18:59.678-08:002013-12-10T05:18:59.678-08:00Sounds like you had a great class day despite not ...Sounds like you had a great class day despite not 'getting enough done'<br />My favorite conversation along these lines was in a Precalc class. Some question came up about a fraction that would have a zero in the denominator for a particular x value. I asked them how they felt about that and one student - named Henry - chimed in that we are not allowed to divide by zero. I congratulated him for remembering and asked 'Why aren't you allowed to divide by zero?' His reply - 'Because my math teacher told me I couldn't!'<br />I assured him that this was a reason, but we should be able to answer more meaningfully. I scrapped my plans for the day, discussed the inverse relationship between multiplication and division, discussed if-then situations, discussed vertical asymptotes. A much more meaningful day than I originally thought we'd have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com