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Variables and Equations – Using Stick Figures

This might be the greatest teaching tip you ever receive. Not just on Variables and Equations but as a Math Teacher! Do not use letters the first time you introduce variables to your students and never use the same variable twice in different problems on the first day or two!   Let me explain, when […]

The Oder of Operations

The Order of Operations – Don’t ask your Calculator

It really doesn’t matter which method you use to teach the Order of Operations. You can use PEMDAS, Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, or any other catchy phrase. That isn’t the biggest problem. It is when they have to take their standardized tests and they don’t understand that their calculator doesn’t follow the order […]