Featured in today's post is an elementary school level mathematics glossary for English to Spanish glossary. This works great for many teachers who teach in a ELL math classroom or in a high population of Hispanic students. Some of these glossary terms work great in middle and high school math classrooms.
algebraic expression expresión algebraica
algebraic patterns patrones algebraicos
algebraic relationship relación algebraica
algebraic relationships relaciones algebraicas
algebraically algebraicamente
algorithm algoritmo
distributive property propiedad distributiva
divide dividir
dividend dividendo
divisibility test prueba de divisibilidad
geometric fact hecho geométrico
geometric figure figura geométrica
geometric pattern patrón geométrico
geometric solid sólido geométrico
geometry geometría
line línea
line graph gráfico lineal
line of symmetry línea de simetría
line plot diagrama lineal
line segment segmento lineal
See more glossary terms in spanish here: Glossary
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Math Movies
There is a great show on YouTube that features "Math Warriors," which is a dramatic web series that takes places with great math concepts behind them. Its creator, Kristina Harris- has a Ph.D. in microbial biochemistry and has taught at both New York and Columbia Universities- thinks of the series as "The Big Bang" meets "The Office," if on a much tighter budget.
“I think often times, people feel discouraged or overwhelmed by math and science, and if we can kind of dispel the myth that it’s something that is unattainable or make it somehow more popular or accessible then that’s something I’d like to be able to do.”
You can watch the first webcast below, I recommend subscribing to the channel.
You can view other videos of theirs here: http://www.youtube.com/
Or you can go to their website here: http://www.mathwarriorswebseries.com/
You can view other articles like this one here: Math Movies
GIF's that Teach Math
There are many GIF's out there that are of funny cats and of many different movies. I know that I love the occasional GIF's and especially when they are about math. Here are some great GIF's that you can include in your classroom to spice up lessons and activities for students.
Find more here: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/math%20gif
Find other great GIF's here: 7 GIF's for Trigonometry
Find more here: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/math%20gif
Find other great GIF's here: 7 GIF's for Trigonometry
Forgetting Proofs
I was reading Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity by Loren R. Graham and I came across a great little quote, but we will get back to that later. The book was like Paul Erdos book The Man Who Loved Only Numbers style of quick writing. It was a fascinating book with history of some of the most famous Russian mathematicians of the 19th- 20th Century. This book reminded me of a professor that I had at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
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A quick quote gave me inspiration to get students up to the board.
He would begin a proof at the blackboard, pause, and then say, "I cannot recall the proof; perhaps one of my colleagues could remind me." This was a challenge that the class felt obligated to meet. One student would jump up, go to the blackboard, attempt the proof, fail, and then sit down with a red face. Another would get up, perhaps a 17 year old, successfully write the proof on the blackboard while the entire class stared enviously, and then sit down. Professor Luzin would turn to that student, bow slightly, and say "Thank you, my colleague." Luzin treated the students as intellectual equals, and his teaching led them to prepare for and anticipate coming lectures.
One of them later ask, "Had Luzin [really] forgotten the proof, or was it a well-constructed game, a method of arousing activity and independence?" They never knew.
This small process of accidentally forgetting the proof or answer to an example is a great way to get students up to the board and motivated to do mathematics. I especially love the part where the instructor bows to the student and offers a sincere Thank you and recognizes the student as an equal, in mathematics you are always trying to get students to enjoy math and approve of their mathematics.
How could you incorporate this small idea of forgetting proofs in to your teaching? What benefit do you think would this have in your classroom? How do you do this now in your room?
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A quick quote gave me inspiration to get students up to the board.
He would begin a proof at the blackboard, pause, and then say, "I cannot recall the proof; perhaps one of my colleagues could remind me." This was a challenge that the class felt obligated to meet. One student would jump up, go to the blackboard, attempt the proof, fail, and then sit down with a red face. Another would get up, perhaps a 17 year old, successfully write the proof on the blackboard while the entire class stared enviously, and then sit down. Professor Luzin would turn to that student, bow slightly, and say "Thank you, my colleague." Luzin treated the students as intellectual equals, and his teaching led them to prepare for and anticipate coming lectures.
One of them later ask, "Had Luzin [really] forgotten the proof, or was it a well-constructed game, a method of arousing activity and independence?" They never knew.
This small process of accidentally forgetting the proof or answer to an example is a great way to get students up to the board and motivated to do mathematics. I especially love the part where the instructor bows to the student and offers a sincere Thank you and recognizes the student as an equal, in mathematics you are always trying to get students to enjoy math and approve of their mathematics.
How could you incorporate this small idea of forgetting proofs in to your teaching? What benefit do you think would this have in your classroom? How do you do this now in your room?
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