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Ep 191: PEMDAS Is Figureoutable
Manage episode 400682941 series 2858349
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
313 episodes
Manage episode 400682941 series 2858349
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
313 episodes
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