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Ep 191: PEMDAS Is Figureoutable

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Thinking and reasoning is always more powerful than rotely memorizing steps. In this episode Pam and Kim demonstrate how to help students reason about Order of Operations.
Talking Points:

  • Nat Banting's "Oops, I Meant"
  • Representing a context using the grouping symbols to communicate
  • Demonstrate how mathematicians communicate with symbols earl
  • Using the equals sign correctly to mean "equal" vs "Do it""
  • No more unnecessarily difficult practice

Check out our social media
Twitter: @PWHarris
Instagram: Pam Harris_math
Facebook: Pam Harris, author, mathematics education
Linkedin: Pam Harris Consulting LLC

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313 episodes

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Manage episode 400682941 series 2858349
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Thinking and reasoning is always more powerful than rotely memorizing steps. In this episode Pam and Kim demonstrate how to help students reason about Order of Operations.
Talking Points:

  • Nat Banting's "Oops, I Meant"
  • Representing a context using the grouping symbols to communicate
  • Demonstrate how mathematicians communicate with symbols earl
  • Using the equals sign correctly to mean "equal" vs "Do it""
  • No more unnecessarily difficult practice

Check out our social media
Twitter: @PWHarris
Instagram: Pam Harris_math
Facebook: Pam Harris, author, mathematics education
Linkedin: Pam Harris Consulting LLC

  continue reading

313 episodes

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