Math Arguments
Problems, Questions, and Puzzles to spark discussion and argument in the maths classroom.
Teachers - Balanced or Not?
Building on yesterday's ideas, we present this thought-bomb:
FiveThirtyEight had a graph on baseball teams, comparing the abilities of the players with a type of Winning percentage metric:
Teams to the right consisted of a few great players mixed with some average and below-average players - a big spread of abilities.
Teams to the left didn't have any superstars, but they had above-average players.
What other mathematical aspects of this caught your attention? What do you wonder about the situation?
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Noticing and wondering is a tool to help students:
- Understand the story, the quantities, and the relationships in the problem.
- Understand what the problem is asking and what the answer will look like. Have some ideas to begin to solve the problem.
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Noticing and wondering is a tool to help students:
- Understand the story, the quantities, and the relationships in the problem.
- Understand what the problem is asking and what the answer will look like. Have some ideas to begin to solve the problem.
More Here at NCTM
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