Author: Jon Oaks
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Histogram Sorting Using Cooperative Learning
CAUSEWeb really does put out some great activities for teaching Introductory Statistics, such as Histogram Sorting Using Cooperative Learning. In fact, they have an entire Statistics Activity Webinar Series that they do regularly. I was told that this particular activity would easily be modified for the college classroom (where we sometimes don’t have as much…
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Composite Figures Diagram
I refer to this diagram all the time for my online classes. I'm tired of digging through months and months of e-mails just to find it, so I am posting it here!
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NOIR: New Statistics Game
NOIR stands for Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio, and is a game to help students distinguish between the four different levels of measurement. I had been working on this game all week, and I finally had time for my students to play it in class on Thursday. After the game, they filled out a review form…
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Relaxation at its finest
Here are a couple of popular YouTube videos that I have selected to help you relax this weekend.
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MCC Math and Technology Workshop 2011
This is a link to what I have been learning throughout the week https://sites.google.com/site/mccmathsite/home.
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Algebra Games Day!
I had an Algebra Games Day with my students on Friday, July 29, to try out a few of my new Algebra games (as well as Mark Clark’s exponent sort). The students filled out feedback forms and I intend to update this post with some of their comments about the games in the next few…
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Freaking Functions! — New Functions Game
Here’s the game I’ve been promising all week! Freaking Functions
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What the Factor! — New Factoring Game!
See the video for a brief explanation from me of everything that is in the file. If you use this game, I would love to have your feedback. Thanks! What the Factor
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Visualizing Operations with Fractions
I just want to give a shout-out to Zero Sum Ruler who has these wonderful posts on: Why We Add Fractions The Way We Do … A Visual Tour Multiplying Fractions With Pictures Dividing Fractions With Pictures
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A Simple Geometry Poem
One of my students came up with this poem to help remember the difference between acute, obtuse, and right angles. Acute angles are small and cute below 90. Obtuse angles are big and obtrusive and mighty, they stand tall over that perfect 90, but right in the middle none can compare the 90 degree angle holds a perfect square!
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