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Slides from my M.S. Presentation (Circa 2007)
I thought maybe someone would be interested in viewing these slides. microsoft-word-slides2.pdf Download this file
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Helpful Links (circa 2005)
Note (8/5/2024) – Many of the newer links I’ve added to the website can be found on this page. This list of links was complied somewhere around 2005. Ugh. That seems like a long time ago. I’m a lot better than this now. Statistics Links Oakland University Mathematics Department A Guide to Statistical Software Free…
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Logic Puzzle
If someone can figure out this logic puzzle, please let me know. I’m wondering why I saw SPARTAN brand hand soap at The University of Michigan.
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Videos on Multiplying Fractions
A couple of students in my on-line classes have been asking questions about multiplying fractions. Should you simplify before or after multiplying? How should you simplify? By cross-canceling directly, or by a prime factorization and cross-canceling combo? Here are some videos I have made to help clarify the situation. http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/595b65da-573a-4dfd-92c3-2416f129b1f5/jingswfplayer.swf View on screencast.com » http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/6637f493-b715-43a6-8400-fa4e3be154c1/jingswfplayer.swf View…
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Free Open Reference Interactive Geometry Book
Check out this website I found at mathopenref.com I will definitely be using some of the applets here the next time that I teach geometry as part of a pre-algebra course. In fact, maybe I’ll have the students read through this and play with all of the applets as part of their homework (before) coming…
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Thoughts on Assigning Homework
Proponents of assigning homework probably believe that students need regular practice outside of class. While I’m totally not against students practicing math outside of class, I don’t believe that we should give homework simply so that the students can practice. Let me clarify: I’m not saying that students do not need the practice at all. And…
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