tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10220498.post5370286210417425421..comments2024-03-21T15:59:25.263-05:00Comments on Math Teacher Mambo: Never AssumeShireen Dadmehrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16282965851939089408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10220498.post-80417607705896430442007-10-18T12:57:00.000-05:002007-10-18T12:57:00.000-05:00I kNOW. I'm thinking it ALL seems like a foreign l...I kNOW. I'm thinking it ALL seems like a foreign language to them (I have to be their cheerleader and keep boosting their confidence), so that it was just one extra piece of confusion to them.<BR/><BR/>Ms. Cookie (who still has to teach fraction skills in calculus ..... but kids eventually get it and DO pass the exam)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10220498.post-14656409912757147212007-10-18T05:26:00.000-05:002007-10-18T05:26:00.000-05:00I think the quotient thing is a lot scarier than t...I think the quotient thing is a lot scarier than the accidental exponent....if you don't know what a quotient is in calculus, that's kinda crazy--especially after I assume you gave them the definition that included something like, "if you have a function that is the quotient of two functions <BR/>f(x)/g(x)...."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com