She used Desmos, Geogebra, and our new Pixel Equations teaspoon language. (I mentioned back in this blog post that we were using Pixel Equations in participatory design sessions — that’s when this study was happening.) Pixel Equations was developed explicitly for the concerns that the ...
I added two components to a lesson task on rational equations. The first was an idea called Hint Cards which I discussed in a previous post. The second one was having students use Desmos to confirm numerical answers that they found algebraically. This lesson is worth sharing, because of what...
Mathematics, for many students, can seem like a daunting subject, often viewed as a strict discipline filled with equations and formulas. However, there isn’t just one technique to teach math. The challenge is to create novel approaches that can help students overcome their resistance to learnin...