by kylepearce3 | Oct 17, 2014 | Making Math Moments That Matter, Visualizing Mathematics
Solving Proportions With The Toronto Maple Leafs Win:Loss Ratio As we began the Proportional Reasoning unit in my MFM1P Grade 9 Math Course, I was beginning to struggle with an idea to extend the idea of visualizing mathematics concepts into ratios, rates, and...
by kylepearce3 | Oct 2, 2014 | Making Math Moments That Matter, Redefining Mathematics Education, Visualizing Mathematics
Increasing Spatial Reasoning Skills: Optimization of Measurement Although maximizing the area of a 4-sided rectangular enclosure is usually considered quite basic for most students, understanding why maximizing a 3-sided rectangular enclosure does not yield a square...
by kylepearce3 | Sep 28, 2014 | Making Math Moments That Matter, Redefining Mathematics Education, Visualizing Mathematics
Visually Understanding Area of a Trapezoid in Multiple Ways While some students are aware that they could find the area of a trapezoid by treating the shape like a composite figure, I wanted to help students better understand where the formula comes from with a visual...
by kylepearce3 | Sep 27, 2014 | Making Math Moments That Matter, Redefining Mathematics Education, Visualizing Mathematics
Visually Understanding Area of a Triangle and Volume of a Triangular Prism About a week ago, I shared my visual animations explaining the “Derivation of the Volume of a Cylinder Formula” and Volume of a Rectangular Prism formula I used in class and...
by kylepearce3 | Sep 5, 2014 | Making Math Moments That Matter, Redefining Mathematics Education, Visualizing Mathematics
Visually Understanding Area of a Rectangle and Volume of a Rectangular Prism Yesterday, I showed the “Where Does the Volume of a Cylinder Formula Come From?” video in class and students seemed to be able to tie some of the visuals to the work they...
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