Do your students struggle to understand exponents and roots? Does this present a challenge when solving order of operation problems? Keep reading to discover strategies to use as you teach. #1 – Exponents and Roots: What are Common Errors? First, consider the most common errors in student work with exponents and roots. 1. Students interpret […]
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Are you looking for tips to help you prepare to teach order of operations? Are you looking for ways to ensure student readiness? Keep reading. #1 – Review Previous Skills Are you wondering how to prepare for the order of operations? Start with a math review that includes operations with integers and simplifying numbers with
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Do equations, fractions, and parentheses combined, cause math anxiety for your students? Discover strategies that will help. #1 – Are Students Ready? Equations, Fractions, and Parentheses A. Readiness Skills for Equations, Fractions, and Parentheses Are students ready for equations, fractions, and parentheses all in one problem? Let’s look at student-acquired math skills that increase student
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Do your students struggle to identify slope types? Do they struggle to visualize the difference between negative and positive slopes? Zero Slopes? Undefined slopes? Keep reading to discover solutions for slopes in algebra. #1 – Why Students Struggle with Slopes in Algebra Slopes in algebra make sense when we teach this concept every year. Due
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Abby is acing algebra. Juan is soaring in geometry. Mario is turning in all middle school math homework on time. But it was not always like that. Not even close. Students are now able to complete math homework successfully, which results in an improved math grade. #1 – The Classroom Effective teachers provide students with
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Are you preparing to teach mutli-step multiplication? Do your students struggle toline up numbers appropriately when multiplying numbers that are 2 digits or larger? Keep reading to discover how to help students organize multi-step multiplication problems. #1 – Many Changes in Grades 3 – 5 Do the many acadmic changes from elementary to middle school
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Fractions! Worse yet, equations with fractions! Where to begin? No worries. In this post, you will discover strategies that will allow you to solve equations with fractions, successfully. #1 – How to Prepare Are you ready to solve equations with fractions? Let’s make sure. A review of the following concepts will prepare you to make
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Are students ready to solve the order of operations with rational expressions? Do all students understand how to solve all fractions and simplify integers, exponents, and roots? Keep reading to discover how to solve the order of operations with rational expressions. #1 Prepare by Providing Supports You have likely observed that the order of operations
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Are math problems with a combination of fractions and integers confusing for your students? Discover how to ease this anxiety through preparation. #1 – Review Fraction Operations Do your students experience math challenges when given problems that combine fractions and integers? I’ve been there and have found solutions to meet these challenges The solution? Anticipate
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Fractions, decimals, and percents: Are they as important as I think? Over the past year in previous posts, I have described concerns related to student challenges with fractions and the connections fractions have with other math subjects taught in high school. These concerns originate from my experience working with students from middle school through college-level
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