Math Teacher Mambo

I picked up the AP Calculus exam scores for my students, and while I had a good number pass, there weren't as many passing as I expected...

I know it's a good idea. I know it's what we're supposed to do. Maybe I'm even doing it sometimes (most times?) and don'...

I've been batting an idea around in my head for a while to deal with the following problem. Students in AP Calculus need to remember inf...

This past year I tried something new with my calculus students for the "volumes project" in the oh-my-goodness-what-to-do-after-th...

I feel like a flippy-floppy fish on this whole topic, but I guess I could "spin it" as I'm readjusting my attitude as I gather...

The students' last finals were on Wednesday 6/4/08. We had to come in on Thursday to check out, and our graduation was held in the early...

My precalculus students have recently taken a test on sequences, series, & the binomial theorem. The students run the gamut from they-co...

Good riddance to a bad week. I had 3 bad run-ins with kids that left me so angry. Run 1: I've had issues in the past with students conve...

I ended up deciding to give the students a choice of 3 projects to do for the remainder of our time in class: 1. a volume of cross section p...

I was teaching algebraically finding limits today in precalculus. We got to the part where x --> infinity. I've tried various ways of...

For various reasons I thought it would be best for my calculus students to practice more than class would allow, so to entice them to come a...

This past week was our TAKS week, and therefore I only saw some of my precalculus classes, and so I could not move on, and I did NOT want to...

I think I've learned to perfect the, "what do you MEAN you're not going to do the thing I've asked you to do?" look/at...

The last 2 years I've done different things after the AP exams in my calculus classes. One year we did a rubber foam volumes of cross se...

I was at an AP Calculus prep session for the students most of the day today. There were 3 sessions running in parallel, and 4 different time...

Okay. It finally got to me. All year when I've announced tests and given tests, there's ALWAYS some students absent. Then it becomes...

We recently had an incident in our school regarding relations between a teacher and a student. Phew! The repercussions of that. Part of me t...

Two weeks ago I was scrambling and rushed for time, so I did not complete the official "progress report" sending via the school (e...

Last year from a workshop I learned of a fun activity with which to introduce volumes of revolution to my class. It involved candy, the kids...

Well honestly, seeing Red, but since I'm not doing anything about it other than losing sleep last night, it's been downgraded. Appar...