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My Search for a New Laptop
This week I bought a new laptop. My search came down to the final three. I ended up buying the Toshiba, but I thought it might be helpful to others to post the thoughts that went through my mind while picking between the three, as well as the specs on each of the machines from…
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Teaching Control Charts
The other day in my statistics class, I talked about Control Charts. I really wanted to drive home the point about the difference between individual runs charts and control charts. So, I did a version of Deming’s Experiment with my students. First of all, it was very difficult to get 1,000 marbles on very short…
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Computer Tips and Tricks
This past week I have had to do a few things on the computer that appear not to be common knowledge. Here is a brief run-down of computer tips and tricks that I think might be useful to everyone: Microsoft Excel The University of Wisconsin-EauClaire has a wonderful summary of functions needed to use Excel…
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Teaching the Runs Test for Randomness
The other day in my statistics class, I was teaching the runs test for randomness. One of my students keeps on asking for an in-class activity, and it happened that I had an extra half-an-hour of class time to spare. So, I adapted this famous teaching experiment for use in my own class. The set-up:…
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Observations on Plotting Points in Pre-Algebra
Disclaimer: Some of this might seem very, very obvious. But sometimes it’s good to state the obvious, right? This semester I decided to teach plotting points differently than I have in the past. I started the lesson by handing each student a piece of graph paper and a ruler. Yes, I know college students should probably…
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Decimal Tiles
Every semester I always say that I want to do more to help my Pre-Algebra students understand the idea of ordering decimals from least to greatest. The Decimal Tiles below are part of my attempt to do so. To prepare this activity, I pre-cut about 10 sets of the tiles and had my students work…
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Jon Oaks 