https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH Made with a passion for Mathematics en-us 2018-05-01 20:16:24 UTC 2023-09-30 18:27:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257842138 What is computational thinking, how does it benefit students, and how can teachers promote it within the classroom.]]> 2018-05-03 20:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257842138 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257842397 Teaching math also involves helping students develop productive habits of mind that will prepare them for the 21st century jobs that are not in existence yet. ]]> 2018-05-03 20:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257842397 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257842566 2018-05-03 20:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257842566 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257842686 Students' learning should come through exploring problems and trying to solve them naturally, rather than being told a rule, and then having to apply it. Deeper understanding is reached when students come to the knowledge on their own.]]> 2018-05-03 20:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257842686 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257842759 This NCTM article is about how to facilitate meaningful mathematical discussions between students. The goal is for the teacher to facilitate, and the students to speak and comment on each other's understandings. ]]> 2018-05-03 20:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257842759 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257842838 Lesson Studies are very important to developing teachers. This NCTM article also introduces the 4-Column Lesson Plan template to prepare for each day's lesson and the potential thinking of students.]]> 2018-05-03 20:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257842838 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257843010 Arguments for using Interactive or Dynamic technologies within a classroom and the best methods of doing so to teach Geometry.]]> 2018-05-03 20:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257843010 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257843079 A great resource of the current research happening involving how students learn geometry to illuminate the best practices for teaching geometry.]]> 2018-05-03 20:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257843079 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257843157 This chapter introduces the concept of Instrumental Genesis, which is a journey one takes when getting accustomed to new tools and technologies.]]> 2018-05-03 20:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257843157 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257843652 This NCTM article introduces a problem and lesson that has students exploring the Pythagorean theorem in a different light. ]]> 2018-05-03 20:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257843652 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257843795 Students should be supported through discovering theorems on their own.  This article from NCTM's Mathematics Teacher has many group worthy exploratory tasks to bring students to an understanding of theorems related to parallelograms.]]> 2018-05-03 20:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257843795 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257843914 Math is not only used to solve problems, it can also be for fun, wonder, and amazement!]]> 2018-05-03 20:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257843914 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257844064 This article discusses the importance of interactive geometry software in exploring the mathematics behind linkages, which are used in every day life, and beneficial to engineering and problem solving.]]> 2018-05-03 20:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257844064 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257844141 2018-05-03 20:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257844141 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257844300 Making hexflexagons will interest students to learn how this is possible!]]> 2018-05-03 20:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257844300 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257844467 How to make a 6 sided Rhombus Hexaflexagon which makes mathematics fun.]]> 2018-05-03 20:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257844467 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257844676 This video explores the mathematics behind paper folding.]]> 2018-05-03 20:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257844676 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257845811 Everything that is wrong with how Mathematics is taught, and ways that we can fix the issues that plague our schools.]]> 2018-05-03 21:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257845811 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257845840 Why is it so important that students be pattern sniffers? Why is discovering patterns so important to mathematics?]]> 2018-05-03 21:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257845840 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257845888 Using GeoGebra is a deeper way to explore and prove many problems we may encounter, like this problem, which is a minimizing distance problem.]]> 2018-05-03 21:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257845888 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257846036 2018-05-03 21:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257846036 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257846423 Here is a fantastic resource for lesson planning a productive and meaningful classroom.]]> 2018-05-03 21:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257846423 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257846480 Lesson Planning support

]]> 2018-05-03 21:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257846480 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257847216 A productive model to support the development of meaningful mathematics within a classroom. ]]> 2018-05-03 21:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257847216 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257847533 This NCTM task highlights the importance of variation, and has tasks to help students reason with probability.]]> 2018-05-03 21:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257847533 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257847571 This NCTM has tasks that support students visualizing probabilities and using Fathom to understand problems.]]> 2018-05-03 21:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257847571 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257847755 This NCTM article supports students reasoning with probability.]]> 2018-05-03 21:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257847755 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257848001 More ways of enhancing motivation for Mathematics is to help students develop a self determination through offering many opportunities to be right, and also provide problems that spark curiosity!]]> 2018-05-03 21:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257848001 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257848035 What current research is saying is that student disposition highly affects their learning potentials. The article talks about student disposition as a construct with multiple levels.]]> 2018-05-03 21:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257848035 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257848096 This is a case study of a teacher who tries to support students in their efforts to become problem solvers.]]> 2018-05-03 21:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257848096 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257848545 This article is about how to assess group work through listening to the students' speak about the mathematics they are exploring, and how to motivate students.]]> 2018-05-03 21:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257848545 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257848883 This lesson introduces a scenario, and invites students into the mathematical modeling world exploring a real life problem. ]]> 2018-05-03 21:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257848883 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257848937 The start of this lesson has a program that students can enter into their graphing calculator to calculate probabilities.]]> 2018-05-03 21:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257848937 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257849059 This lesson explores confirming how students should confirm that a model is functioning to model a situation.]]> 2018-05-03 21:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257849059 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257849097 This lesson explores methods for solving quadratic models.]]> 2018-05-03 21:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257849097 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257849138 This lesson explores quadratic functions in vertex form, connecting the equation to the visual graph.]]> 2018-05-03 21:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257849138 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257853388 Geogebra can help us visualize proofs!]]> 2018-05-03 21:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257853388 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257854138 Move points to create different planar slices through the cube.]]> 2018-05-03 21:48:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257854138 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257855398 A fun way to explore how to inscribe circles within triangles is with the deathly hallows!]]> 2018-05-03 21:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257855398 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257856947 This can help students visualize the connections between the unit circle and the sine and cosine functions by measuring angle and the height and width of the point around the circle.]]> 2018-05-03 22:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257856947 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257857196 Geogebra can be used to model real life situations to reveal special properties hidden within our world!]]> 2018-05-03 22:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/257857196 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713051 2018-05-07 20:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713051 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713084 2018-05-07 20:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713084 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713126 2018-05-07 20:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713126 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713159 2018-05-07 20:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713159 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713208 2018-05-07 20:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713208 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713454 2018-05-07 20:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713454 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713482 2018-05-07 20:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713482 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713522 2018-05-07 20:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713522 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713548 2018-05-07 20:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713548 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713589 2018-05-07 20:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713589 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713685 2018-05-07 20:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713685 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713721 2018-05-07 20:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713721 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713759 2018-05-07 21:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713759 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713792 2018-05-07 21:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713792 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713836 2018-05-07 21:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713836 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713884 The first in the series of Articles.  The articles introduce a deeper understanding of grade school mathematics in a way that other's can understand by employing human's reasoning and sense making capabilities.]]> 2018-05-07 21:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713884 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713912 2018-05-07 21:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/258713912 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/260992351 This is a fun activator that explores surface area of a cylinder that is missing the top face.]]> 2018-05-15 19:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/260992351 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/260992777 The way the water droplets weigh the web down creates parabolic shapes in this web.]]> 2018-05-15 19:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/260992777 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/260992855 This iceberg has formed the shape of a parabola.]]> 2018-05-15 19:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/260992855 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263016502 2018-05-23 13:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263016502 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263021199 This unit contains tasks on shape, congruence, mechanical linkages, triangle sum, Pythagorean theorem, and diagonal theorems.]]> 2018-05-23 13:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263021199 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263025149 2018-05-23 13:39:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263025149 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263026316 Sunflower seeds grow in a spiral pattern. The amount of spirals going in and out are numbers in the fibonacci sequence.]]> 2018-05-23 13:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263026316 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263026481 Shells grow in the spiral pattern according to "the golden ratio" which approaches the number Phi.]]> 2018-05-23 13:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263026481 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263026778 Phi and the Fibonacci sequence can be found all throughout nature. IT is the sequence in which life grows.]]> 2018-05-23 13:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263026778 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263106949 2018-05-23 17:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263106949 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263107022 Bees will naturally create hexagonal homes for their young to live in.]]> 2018-05-23 17:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263107022 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263107096 Certain species of 
Broccoli and cauliflower grow in a fractal spiral pattern.]]> 2018-05-23 17:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263107096 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263121688 If we were to model the pathway of the second hand around a clock:
a. What number would you set as the initial value?  
b.  What would the y-intercept of the graph of your function be?
c.  How long would the period, or length of a cycle be?
d.  Which function would you choose to model your clock?  Could you use either? 
e.  Write a function to model the path of the second hand on a clock.  Relate aspects of your function to the graph and to the clock. ]]> 2018-05-23 17:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263121688 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263125193 Mathematics has beauty hidden within, you just have to be open to find it.]]> 2018-05-23 18:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/263125193 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/264239732 2018-05-29 12:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/264239732 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/264247564 2018-05-29 13:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/264247564 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/264263142 2018-05-29 14:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/264263142 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/264333708 2018-05-29 17:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/264333708 mdurant3 https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/267265633 2018-06-14 19:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mdurant3/MsDurantLovesMATH/wish/267265633