January 26, 2013
In her blog post, My Backwards Approach to Inverse Functions, Emily Alman makes an observation that is, I think, vitally important for math teachers to understand: “One problem with algebra is that there is often a disconnect between the meaning/understanding and the computations/doing. We try our darndest to Read more…
Here is a PowerPoint I use when introducing end-behavior of polynomial functions. For each slide everyone raises arms or lowers arms to indicate the end-behavior of the polynomial. The left arm indicates what happens to \(y\) as \(x\rightarrow -\infty \) and the right arm indicates what Read more…