Showing students how they can use algebra 7 Articles

by Raven Lebeau

As a community college instructor, I work with many adult students. In a way, this is good, because they have lots of life experience to build on. However, I also have to deal with the fact that these people have "gotten...read more

by Jonathan Collins

When I would finish with my algebra work, my teacher would always have me help the other students. My first approach is always the way the textbook describes it, explaining out the steps individually. However, not everyone...read more

by Doc Meson

The first thing to show is that Alegbra is only about one goal: "Finding the number or numbers that satisfy the equation or mathematical statement using any quick and useful method." This statement gives you a cl...read more

by Jonesy

I am a mathematics teacher, and the focus I'd like to concentrate on is showing students how to use algebra, so it not only provides purpose, it also gives them an opportunity to grab onto some life skills. Some of the ...read more

by Michael Harkins

The best way to get students interested in Algebra is to apply the math to real life situations. The possibilities are endless. Money, they all like money! Problems can be easily designed to calculate income verses pay...read more

by Marc Zev

For many people algebra is like bumblebees flying. You see, a while back some scientists were studying bumblebees and their aerodynamic properties. They scientists plugged all the measurement of the bumblebees into the...read more

by Bipin Lekshmanan

Mathematics was always intriguing and painful to me (as i believe it is to so many others). When I was in primary school, mathematics was so easy. But, s I went up the classes to high school, I was not having the knack to ...read more