Jon Oaks

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  • Miscellaneous Links

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    After a recent afternoon meeting about statistics, I needed to find a few old links that I had buried away.  Well, here are a few odds and ends I found while looking: 1.  Virtual Math Lab at Texas A&M – This is a very good resource for College Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, and Beginning Algebra.  When I…

  • Teaching the Unit Circle

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    This is simply another consequence of my poking around the web, and although I haven’t taught trigonometry since last summer, I would consider using either of these ideas in the future: 1.  Touch Trigonometry – This is an interactive trigonometry graph and circle featuring the six basic trig functions.  I wasn’t a fan at first because…

  • Jeopardy! ‘Body Count’ Category.

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    For some reason I happened to see Jeopardy on 1/11/11 and I found the category ‘Body Count’ really intriguing.  When you read the clues, I think you’ll find it intriguing as well: 400 – Chambers of the heart squared 800 – Usual number of ribs divided by 8 1200 – Pairs of chromosomes times 2…

  • Sudoku at its Easiest.

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    I have never liked Sudoku.  I think it's very difficult.  So, I'm glad Google has come up with this idea:

  • The Central Limit Theorem

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    I know, I know… I haven’t been posting a lot of statistics materials on here, but this is one actually turned out to be pretty sweet.  Here’s how I did it:  On the top dotplot each student plotted their month of birth, along with the month of birth for three other people such as their…

  • Using Post-It Notes in the Classroom

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    Honestly, I wasn't sure how college students would respond to writing their answer to a problem on a Post-It Note and then sticking it to the white board, but I thought that I would give it a whirl.  As it turned out, most of the students told me that they enjoyed the activity because it…

  • Maps and Mathematics

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    Just a couple of ideas that I think are interesting ways to approach the idea of using Maps to teach Mathematics.  I really think that the Map Application is a good away to introduce ordered pairs because students have to find locations such as A1, B2, etc., where there is a distinct order.  If you…

  • Making Math Fun

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    I was having a discussion with someone today about making math more fun, and a few websites popped into my mind that I haven’t shared on here before.  Let me give you a quick rundown of what I think are a few unique resources (all free, of course): Exploring Space Science Mathematics (http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/MathDocs/spacemath.html) – This…

  • Algebra Activities Binder

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    I don't know whether this post should go under the category of "promotion" or not, but what I do know is that I regularly use Maria Andersen's Algebra Activities Binder in my classroom.  We have been talking about solving equations in my basic mathematics class at IADT, and to finish out the chapter, today I…

  • Calculus Activity for Implicit Differentiation

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    Some of you may remember that I mentioned something about needing an activity for implicit differentiation when I went for a job interview a few weeks ago.  Well, here it is.  It really, really, really is meant to for the students to cut the pieces apart and then match them up rather than just draw…