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Latest blog posts from Math Teacher Mambo

Differentiating Instruction in High School
I know it's a good idea. I know it's what we're supposed to do. Maybe I'm even doing it sometimes (most times?) and don't even know it. BUT. There's always a part of my brain saying, "too many kids, too little time, not enough resources specifically for math or for high school ...". Everything I... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

Cumulative Knowledge
I've been batting an idea around in my head for a while to deal with the following problem. Students in AP Calculus need to remember information from (say) August on when they take their exam in May, and students/people have a very hard time recalling information they haven't seen in months even... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Volume of Revolution Project
This past year I tried something new with my calculus students for the "volumes project" in the oh-my-goodness-what-to-do-after-the-exam phase of the year (closely linked to the eek-I-hate-giving-class-time-to-do-projects-and-can-they-waste-any-more-time phase of teaching calculus).I did the... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Hand Holding vs Solid Examples
I feel like a flippy-floppy fish on this whole topic, but I guess I could "spin it" as I'm readjusting my attitude as I gather more data. For the last few days, I've been studying statistics for the N.B. exams I had to take today. I went right to the source and bought a prep book for AP... Read more...
Published a month ago

WooHoo! The School Year is Over
The students' last finals were on Wednesday 6/4/08. We had to come in on Thursday to check out, and our graduation was held in the early afternoon. I went in on Friday to finally clean up the rest of the clutter in my classroom. And now ... I'm at home completely done. Whew. As usual, it sneaks... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Note Taking
My precalculus students have recently taken a test on sequences, series, & the binomial theorem. The students run the gamut from they-could-teach-themselves-out-of-a-book to please-take-my-hand-and-do-the-problems-with/for-me-over-and-over-again. It dawned on me while I was helping this latter... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Stress City
Good riddance to a bad week. I had 3 bad run-ins with kids that left me so angry.Run 1: I've had issues in the past with students conveniently not showing up on exam day. Then they'd take weeks to make up the test. Two tests ago I started the new policy of, "you miss the test, you make it up... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

End-o-Year Calculus Project(s)
I ended up deciding to give the students a choice of 3 projects to do for the remainder of our time in class:1. a volume of cross section project using colored cut foam that I've done before2. a volume of revolution project again with foam (never done and I'm doing it with the kids)3. a video or... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Limits
I was teaching algebraically finding limits today in precalculus. We got to the part where x --> infinity. I've tried various ways of explaining it in the past about how you only need to look at the highest power term on the numerator and denominator and make your decision that way.I've likened... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

The Quiet Ones
For various reasons I thought it would be best for my calculus students to practice more than class would allow, so to entice them to come after school for 6 straight days before the AP exam, I called them "power sessions" and said I'd bring food every night, and we could meet from 4:30 -6:30 and... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

Filler Classes
This past week was our TAKS week, and therefore I only saw some of my precalculus classes, and so I could not move on, and I did NOT want to have "free days". One day, I taught them about binary and counting and adding and subtracting and multiplying in different bases.I made the connection to... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

Attitude
I think I've learned to perfect the, "what do you MEAN you're not going to do the thing I've asked you to do?" look/attitude.The, "of course you'll do it" look.The, "there's no other option" look.The, "I'm amazed you'd even think to ask such a question" look.The, "don't be silly" look.I got to... Read more...
Published 3 months ago