Tuesday, July 21, 2015
A small distraction: The floating Sand Timer
It is helpful for some people to have some distractions.
Then they can get back to the work of overcoming math-phobia or errors that you learned years ago ...
Learning should be fun for the learner.
The "miracle"
THE ANSWER
http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/90298/can-sand-falling-in-a-floating-hourglass-cause-it-to-sink-follow-up-to-hourgla
Let's prepare for the General Knowledge Math Test
This course prepares you for the GK Math Test. There are six meetings, 3 hours each, for 18 hours.
You are invited to participate in the ONLINE section of this course with questions sent to the instructor.
The format is straightforward:
FIRST SESSION
RESOURCES
http://www.studyguidezone.com/ftce_mathematics.htm
STARTING test
Review the free sample questions
http://www.fl.nesinc.com/PDFs/General%20Knowledge_TIG_3rdEd_DOE062515.pdf
Homework
Sample problems will be assigned to students.
Take photos of questions that you can't answer in under 2 minutes.
Bring the questions to class.
The instructor will give short videos to reply to the questions
Sessions 2-6 will be similar
1. Review the questions from the previous class (to reinforce learned ideas)
2. Bring new questions
The questions will be re-done in class
(and new questions can be introduced to the class).
MOST QUESTIONS COME FROM TestPrepReview
The system is "turn to your neighbor" (the peer instruction model used at Harvard University.)
http://tinyurl.com/erikmazur
If you want to learn more, look for Erik Mazur
Instead of asking the teacher to give an explanation, the students TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR and explain what they know. If nobody knows, then the teacher steps in. This method is used in Harvard to encourage participation in the course. ... and ACTIVE learning.
http://mazur.harvard.edu/sentFiles/Mazur_274537.pdf
Change the focus from TEACHING to HELP THE STUDENTS LEARN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbBz9J-xVxE
Other Universities Kettering
PEER INSTRUCTION in two minutes
http://blog.peerinstruction.net/
You are invited to participate in the ONLINE section of this course with questions sent to the instructor.
The format is straightforward:
FIRST SESSION
RESOURCES
http://www.studyguidezone.com/ftce_mathematics.htm
STARTING test
Review the free sample questions
http://www.fl.nesinc.com/PDFs/General%20Knowledge_TIG_3rdEd_DOE062515.pdf
Homework
Sample problems will be assigned to students.
Take photos of questions that you can't answer in under 2 minutes.
Bring the questions to class.
The instructor will give short videos to reply to the questions
Sessions 2-6 will be similar
1. Review the questions from the previous class (to reinforce learned ideas)
2. Bring new questions
The questions will be re-done in class
(and new questions can be introduced to the class).
MOST QUESTIONS COME FROM TestPrepReview
The system is "turn to your neighbor" (the peer instruction model used at Harvard University.)
http://tinyurl.com/erikmazur
If you want to learn more, look for Erik Mazur
Instead of asking the teacher to give an explanation, the students TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR and explain what they know. If nobody knows, then the teacher steps in. This method is used in Harvard to encourage participation in the course. ... and ACTIVE learning.
http://mazur.harvard.edu/sentFiles/Mazur_274537.pdf
Change the focus from TEACHING to HELP THE STUDENTS LEARN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbBz9J-xVxE
Other Universities Kettering
PEER INSTRUCTION in two minutes
http://blog.peerinstruction.net/
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