Sharing Teaching Ideas

1978 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Ronnie M. Hirsh
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Great Success ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Student ◽  
Teaching Ideas

Finding ways to motivate a high school mathematics student to work on computational skills is a difficult task. I have developed a game called “Operation: Four” that has met with great success in my remedial classes.

Sharing Teaching Ideas: Career Posters

1994 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 410-411
Author(s):  
Peggy Tibbs ◽  
Janette Jordan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Real World ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
The Real ◽  
School Year ◽  
Teaching Ideas

After teaching high school mathematics for many years I found the perfect way to respond to the students' question, “How are we ever going to use this in the real world?” Two or three weeks into the school year I ask each student to make a career poster. The student must interview someone who uses mathematics in his or her job and write down an actual problem that person would have to solve as well as a paragraph explaining the problem. Most students think that they don't know anyone who uses mathematics at work, including parents, relatives, or neighbors. Usually they come back the next day to report, to their surprise, that their parents use mathematics! This discovery is a revelation to them.

Sharing Teaching Ideas: The Oral Quiz

2003 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Bakal
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Developmental Mathematics ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
College Level ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Catholic High School ◽  
Written Assessment ◽  
Teaching Ideas

This article shares an idea that I used on Fridays when I was teaching high school mathematics at an all-girls Catholic high school. I liked to give some form of assessment on Fridays because the students were always very “antsy” and talkative, and assessment was a good way to wrap up the work of the week. However, the lesson did not always lend itself to a written assessment on that day. For Fridays when I was not giving a written assessment, I devised my oral quiz. I usually used this activity once or twice during each marking period. I also plan to use this idea in the college-level developmental mathematics classes that I currently teach.

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