Jon Oaks

Tag: Factoring

  • New Factor Pair Spoons Game

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    The Factor Pair Spoons Game is a new game that was inspired by participants in the Professional Development Series that I’m conducting every month this semester at my college.  Last month’s topic was ‘Playing Games to Learn Math’ and I asked the participants to come up with a game for a topic that they felt was a…

  • FOIL is for BAKED CHICKEN

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    Here is why I believe that the FOIL method for multiplying two binomial expressions should NOT be used: The underlying premise of the FOIL method is that students must first be able to identify a binomial.  However, most instructors do not seem to stress enough that the FOIL method can only be used to multiply…

  • “Factor Gate” Activity

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    This problem came up in my Intermediate Algebra class today and one of my students said that we should call it “Factor Gate” since even though all of the students have correct work, they all ended up with a “different” answer. Factor Gate

  • What the Factor! — New Factoring Game!

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    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

  • More Videos

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    I first heard about these two videos from this Tech the Pluge post, but what isn’t mentioned there is that there are more videos that can be found. Additional Videos: Getting Triggy Wit It and Teach Me How To Factor Additional Videos:  Facebook for Math Nerds, Glee for Math Nerds, The Tonsil Hockey Team

  • Factoring widget using Wolfram|Alpha

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    Here is my first ever Wolfram|Alpha widget.  I’m not sure how useful it will be, but here it is anyway. http://developer.wolframalpha.com/widgets/gallery/view.jsp?id=15c33a5faaac529…

  • New Activity for Prime Polynomials

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    This is what I am going to use with my Beginning Algebra students to reinforce the idea of prime polynomials.  The majority of the polynomials are prime. Prime Mania

  • Factoring the Difference of Two Perfect Squares

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    These videos are on Section 6.5.  Please watch the videos over the weekend and come prepared with the completed handout on Monday.  We will have further discussion in class. http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/301894f5-27c1-4238-aaae-079eca8c2e59/jingswfplayer.swf View on screencast.com » http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/ba07acf4-e5d3-4d19-9da9-83137026f20b/jingswfplayer.swf View on screencast.com » http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/2e18fe9a-1bcb-4d37-81a6-6bd576502414/jingswfplayer.swf View on screencast.com » Factoring_Demos.pdf Download this file

  • Factoring Activities and More

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    A few weeks ago a colleague of mine was in need of an activity for Factoring.  He was ahead of his pacing chart and wanted something to fill up some class time with.  I referred him towww.ilovemath.org, which has hundreds of free activities to download.  Here is a list of a few that I have…