
MCTM 2019 – Problem Reversals
The TMTG team presents on the pedagogical technique of using REVERSALS to improve mathematical learning opportunities and creativity. Continue reading MCTM 2019 – Problem Reversals
The TMTG team presents on the pedagogical technique of using REVERSALS to improve mathematical learning opportunities and creativity. Continue reading MCTM 2019 – Problem Reversals
Sam Otten presented on behalf of the TMTG team at the Interface 2019 conference in Osage Beach, MO. He shared ideas about how storytelling structure from movies can be used to plan “inciting” math lessons. He also led the participants … Continue reading Interface 2019 – Cinematic Lessons and Systems of Equations
The TMTG team presented at the NCTM Regional Conference in Kansas City, MO, sharing a few ideas related to teaching quadratic functions, including a “guess my rule” activity that can be used to launch a quadratics units and insights related to symmetry and factored form. Continue reading NCTM 2018 Regional – Quadratic Sorting and Symmetry
The TMTG team presented at the NCTM Regional conference about how to use the idea of “inciting incidents” from movies to make math lessons more engaging. Continue reading Inciting Incidents for Math Lessons
How do students learn what is and what isn’t a quadratic function? Continue reading Introducing Quadratic Functions