In my last post, I suggested a way to build on what students already know to introduce the equal sign. Let’s say you followed that plan and your students are now proficient in using symbols to describe a quantity as equal to, greater than or less than another quantity. What do you do next? Use …
I’m certainly not the first person to talk about the importance of the equal sign. Researchers have been talking about it since the 80’s and discussions about the equal sign have made the rounds on the blogs and twitter (most recently Justin Aion posted about strings of equal signs here) Often, the concept of equality …
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I started my Ph.D. program thinking I knew a lot about teaching and learning. After all, I spent 7 years in a classroom, went to many professional development sessions, attended courses, and read a lot of books and articles on education. However, having the luxury to step away from the classroom and really immerse myself …