Egyptian mathematics

The reading for this week provided us with great strategies to implement into our classrooms that are research based to help our students be successful academically. These four key tools to success are notetaking, summarizing, homework, and practicing. In Ceri Dean’s chapter 6, he discusses that teachers should teach these at the beginning of each school year to give students concrete ways for student success (Dean,2012, pp.80-98). I found several “golden nuggets” in this reading that I will…

My Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose was a math grade. What? A math grade? How would a math grade greatly affect someone? Coming from someone who has gotten straight “A’s” in all her classes, a math grade - a low “C” - would probably cause lots of commotion. Friday, one more day until the weekend and my birthday. After first period’s geometry test, I can relax and just patiently wait for Mr. Keem to post the grades tonight. My classmates and I all frantically pulled out our notes and began reviewing…

During the Easter break, Rina and Emi visited Mark's (assumed name) home and had activities with him in the living room. Mark is a five years old boy who attends kindergarten five days a week. Mark is Emi's nephew, we brought Easter eggs for Mark to motivate his interest toward activities. With the trust relationship between Emi and Mark and the supportive atmosphere in Mark’s home, the activities ran smoothly. Mark engaged in three activities including number sense and addition activity, the…

My own personal math autobiography… should I start with the good, the bad, or the just plain scary? Perhaps starting with my overall confidence level will be a good starting point so I don’t overwhelm you right in the beginning. Throughout my years of education I have varied from thinking I was a top performer, a bottom performer, a tutor, or sometimes even helpless even to myself. However, at this stage in life I do feel confident and assured in my capabilities and mathematical achievements. So…

Maria Agnesi was a brilliant mathematician and philosopher. She was one of the first women to make many contributions to mathematics. In this essay, I will be discussing her life and contributions to mathematics. Maria Gaetana Agnesi was born on May 16, 1718 in Milan, Italy. She had a very wealthy family, who in turn gave her the best tutors. While at a young age, she had learned 5 different languages. Growing up, Agnesi's father was proud of her wealth, so he would invite over intellectual…

Rene Descartes was born to Joachim Descartes and Jeanna Brochard on May 31, 1596. He was the oldest of three (surviving) children. Descartes was born into a fairly wealthy family which was full of Doctors and Lawyers. He was raised by his grandmother, Jeanne Sain, in La Haye, France. He began to attend the Jesuit College at La Fleche, France during the year 1607. Descartes obtained a well-rounded liberal arts education before leaving the college in 1614. Between the years of 1615 and 1616 he…

Each year students enter my room with little to no experience in a large group settings. For this reason, I am always thinking about the appropriate learning development for each of my students and build lessons for each of their needs. Although I teach preschool currently I believe that no matter the grade level a teacher teaches they must always think about the appropriate developmental teaching practices that need to be embedded in their classroom (OES 1). Part of implementing…

Boltzmann, Godel, and Turing for their groundbreaking contributions to mathematics, but also for the mental anguish and personal tragedy in their lives. How big is infinity? What is thermodynamics? These seemingly simple questions are what drove four brilliant mathematicians to insanity and ultimately suicide. “Dangerous Knowledge” delves into the deeper side of mathematics by trying to understand nature through mathematics, philosophy, physics, and logic. Each of them over obsessed with…

One academic course that has helped me throughout my middle school term was when I took part in Quest Pullout Program during elementary school. Quest is a curriculum that allows gifted students to do projects that focus on literacy and math using higher level thinking skills, in-depth learning, collaboration, cooperation and presentation skills. Some parts include us doing an annual research project, and during the year we work on puzzles and projects that involve thinking outside of the box.…

When I was young, I was enthusiastic and always passionate about winning. Especially in math, I studied hard for it, because math was the only subject that I was interested and confident about it. During elementary to middle school, I always got A for math test even I did not prepare for it. Also, during freshmen to junior yar, math was still not difficult to me. Therefore, I could maintain my math grade as an A. However, when I became a senior, I took Advanced Placement Calculus class, and…