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Mathematical Notation and Schools – 14

Posted on 2011/07/06 by

Functions:  Variant Notations In this series, we’ve done a review of mathematical notation, with an eye on how each notation helps or hinders student learning. In the prior posts, we started to explore function notation, which in middle school and … Continue reading →

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Operators, Functions, and Properties – part 40

Posted on 2011/01/17 by

In this series, we’ve spent considerable space playing with operators, which we’ve pictured as black boxes with inputs and outputs, often as part of a machine with state.  In more recent posts, e.g. this one , we’ve looked at operators … Continue reading →

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Operators, Functions, and Properties – part 39

Posted on 2011/01/07 by

In this series, we’ve been looking at operators in various settings, and looked for ways to use them to shine a different colored light on some aspects school math.  In the last four posts, we’ve explored the notions of equivalence  … Continue reading →

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Operators, Functions, and Properties – part 34

Posted on 2010/12/18 by

In the previous post in this series, we looked at some operators that take in two numbers and produce some kind of pair of numbers, an ordered pair, in a way that can be reversed. Here’s another way to produce … Continue reading →

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Operators, Functions, and Properties – part 33

Posted on 2010/12/04 by

In this series we have looked at various examples of operators, and most of our attention has been on operators where what comes out is a number, and what comes in is one or two numbers.  Some examples of two-numbers … Continue reading →

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Operators, Functions, and Properties – part 32

Posted on 2010/12/02 by

In this series, we’ve been looking at a model for presenting and analyzing operators with an intention for it to have applications for students learning math in school.  In recent posts, we’ve looked for  interesting aspects of school math that … Continue reading →

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Groupings, Shopping Lists, and Vectors: The Series

Posted on 2010/09/11 by

This is a series on vector algebra, but it hasn’t wrapped up yet.  Here are the installments as of now: Quantity – Different Kinds of Numbers: Vectors – it really all started with this post.  But I didn’t know it … Continue reading →

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