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Guess and Check Intro Problem Solving
Here’s the first of a series of videos on Guess and Check Problem Solving using the Horses, Pigs, and Cows activity as an example. This video gives 4 key steps to success with this method. Learn how to: 1. Begin the problem solving process 2. Use your initial guess to gain more clues to the solution 3. Check your result 4. Repeat the process until you have the solution You can find the PDF file for this activity here. After you view the video and have a little practice, you will be off and running...
read moreGuess and Check Problem Solving with Horses Pigs and Cows
Horses Pigs and Cows is a great activity that shows the power of the Guess and Check method. This activity can be presented at a very basic level, while it can also be used at the Algebra 2 level to show examples of three linear equations in three unknowns. Students will find countless patterns in this activity. This will help them to enjoy and solve the puzzles even if they don’t go so far as to discover the formula. However, it is also easy to help students discover the formula that will allow them to solve even the most difficult of...
read moreGeoGebra Institute of California Has New Website for Teachers
Bill’s favorite math teaching software, GeoGebra, just got some nice support. The GeoGebra Institute of California has a new website. I am a GeoGebra Certificated Trainer and a member of the Institute Leadership team. The mission of the International GeoGebra Institute (IGI) is to empower students and teachers at all levels to learn and teach mathematics with our easy-to-use and freely available software and interactive materials. The IGI is a rapidly growing network of non-profit organizations around the world. Our California...
read moreModerator’s Guide to Teacher to Teacher Press DVD’s
We’ve just uploaded a newly revised Moderator’s Guide to our DVD collection. We now offer twelve DVD’s in our ever-expanding collection that can be used for individual teacher education, training workshops, or department meetings. This document serves as a guide for the educator who wishes to conduct a Teacher to Teacher Press workshop featuring Bill Lombard and Brad Fulton. While you can’t replace the interactive nature of a live workshop, this DVD format provides some distinct advantages for your school or district....
read moreTeacher to Teacher Press Newsletter
TTTPress is now using the highly rated MailChimp email service to support its newsletter. Brad and Bill are now keeping in contact with the many educators that have taken part in our conference presentations, workshops, or purchased our DVDs and/or books. The new newsletter will feature items of interest to math folks as well as offering specials from our Store. We encourage you to sign up for our newsletter to brighten your math day! ++++++++++++++++++ Subscribe to our mailing...
read moreVideo – Kaprekar’s Constant
Here’s a quick video describing the amazing activity, “Kaprekar’s Constant.” This activity can be found in our book, Simply Great Math Activities: Number Sense, and is a nice way to reinforce basic subtraction skills in an engaging discovery-type format. Students can discover patterns in this structure and the activity can be used for individuals or as a whole class...
read morePalm Springs 2011 = California Math Council-Southern Section Conference
Brad and I just finished delivering two sessions each at this year’s CMC-S conference in Palm Springs. It’s always a pleasure to attend such a well run and well attended math conference. In this time of economic hardship it was nice to see so many smiling faces walking the halls, visiting the exhibitor booths, and attending our sessions. Brad’s sessions: – descriptions and download links: Graphic Organizers for Teaching Algebra Classroom-proven graphic organizers have helped students gain mastery of both concepts and...
read moreTTTPRESS – the New Look
Since mid-2010 Bill has been working on remodeling the Teacher to Teacher Press website. We now are a WordPress website, being hosted by bluehost.com and designed by Brad and Bill. We made this move because we wanted more control over how our site looked. In addition, we now are more able to host the many videos we are making. We plan on having short “preview” videos for all our DVD and book products. Some of our more popular activities may find a new electronic home...
read moreThe Voice of Math
On any given day in France, you can walk into a specific classroom and know that every other similar grade classroom in the entire nation is working on the same page in the same math book. They have a national curriculum and a national pacing guide. That’s a far cry from the medley we find here in America. I’m not proposing such standardization–I don’t think it would sell here, and I don’t think it would necessarily succeed. However, I also question the diverse state standards and the multitude of goals we encounter among the...
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