Building Mathematical Skills on a Foundation of Understanding

Equation Search Develops Number Sense

Equation Search Develops Number Sense

Posted by on Feb 17, 2012 in Activities, Videos | 0 comments

  Equation Search is a great activity to start the year with, or use it whenever you wish to work on number concepts. The blank master...

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Pyramid Math Builds Number Sense

Pyramid Math Builds Number Sense

Posted by on Feb 17, 2012 in Activities, Featured, Videos | 0 comments

The Pyramid Math creative practice activity facilitates discovery of number patterns and develops number sense.  The activity works great...

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Guess and Check Part 2 Problem Solving

Guess and Check Part 2 Problem Solving

Posted by on Feb 17, 2012 in Activities, Featured, Videos | 0 comments

Here’s the second of a series of videos on Guess and Check Problem Solving using the Horses, Pigs, and Cows activity as an...

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Guess and Check Problem Solving with Horses Pigs and Cows

Posted by on Feb 14, 2012 in Activities | 0 comments

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...

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Palm Springs 2011 = California Math Council-Southern Section Conference

Posted by on Nov 7, 2011 in Activities, Pedagogy | 1 comment

Brad and I just finished delivering two sessions each at this year’s CMC-S conference in Palm Springs. It’s always a pleasure...

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