tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10220498.post6688121647563282254..comments2024-03-21T15:59:25.263-05:00Comments on Math Teacher Mambo: First Time Teaching ConceptsShireen Dadmehrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16282965851939089408noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10220498.post-72248167327758666792009-03-25T09:48:00.000-05:002009-03-25T09:48:00.000-05:00I've always felt math literate, and I thought that...I've always felt math literate, and I thought that analogies like the chocolage milk one you mention seem like a dangerous way to teach the concepts. If I actually have 2 parts milk and 6 parts chocolate, then 1 part milk and 3 parts chocolate would be a similar drink, right? Obviously, the math doesn't hold up.<BR/><BR/>I haven't taught math, so maybe I'm paranoid, but I seem to remember a lot of my student peers doing OK in math until the analogy or trick that all their success was based on was pulled farther than it could stretch. At that point, they are too far along to spend time learning the original concepts, and they just have to limp through the rest of their math career.<BR/><BR/>Again, I'm probably paranoid, and I bet brief use of examples like that just to get the ball rolling probably works very well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10220498.post-86068172074563072002009-03-25T08:12:00.000-05:002009-03-25T08:12:00.000-05:00That sounds like a great teaching exercise. On a ...That sounds like a great teaching exercise. <BR/><BR/>On a side note, I now refuse to teach FOIL because the students don't grasp when to use it and when not to, this continues to calculus. I simply teach distribution all the way and they are fine (never hearing the word FOIL).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10220498.post-56202391028154138272009-03-24T22:20:00.000-05:002009-03-24T22:20:00.000-05:00Awesome! Thanks for the worksheets link!Awesome! Thanks for the worksheets link!JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00164381300013828290noreply@blogger.com