From astrology to algebra
at 12:51pm
on Thursday, 27th March 2003
Demos are involved in a pilot study in schools of a online portal which gives teachers access to interactive online materials from a variety of free and commercial providers.
In case you couldn't work out how the test worked, the clue is that the symbols changes each time. To find out how the sum works, it is possible to use algebra.
(10x + y) - (x + y) = Z
10x + y - x - y = Z
9x = THE ANSWER!
So the symbols for multiples of nine will all be the same.
Fun exercises like this have the potential to engage pupils more successfully than your average text book maths example. One of the major challenges is that many teachers are still inexperienced in technology and classrooms are not yet equiped with the kind of hardware needed to deliver this kind of learning.
Demos are involved in a pilot study in schools of a online portal which gives teachers access to interactive online materials from a variety of free and commercial providers.
In case you couldn't work out how the test worked, the clue is that the symbols changes each time. To find out how the sum works, it is possible to use algebra.
(10x + y) - (x + y) = Z
10x + y - x - y = Z
9x = THE ANSWER!
So the symbols for multiples of nine will all be the same.
Fun exercises like this have the potential to engage pupils more successfully than your average text book maths example. One of the major challenges is that many teachers are still inexperienced in technology and classrooms are not yet equiped with the kind of hardware needed to deliver this kind of learning.
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