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Helping Students See the Beauty in Mathematics Lee Marshall Kaltman Cornell University March 10th, 2012 Friday, March 9, 2012

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Helping Students See the Beauty in Mathematics

Lee Marshall KaltmanCornell UniversityMarch 10th, 2012

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WHO I AMProduct of Private Schools

Graduated College in 2 years

Retired Entrepreneur

Husband and father of two children

Public School Math Teacher 7 years

One year leave of absence observing best practices in diverse schools

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PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR

PARTNER AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION

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Why did you and your partner choose that answer?

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Answer Sheet

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How do we as secondary educators get the students to see the beauty in Mathematics again?

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Which package of pencils do you think is a better buy?

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Now which package of pencils do you think is the best buy?

!

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Why do you think the smaller box has a better price?

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Cumulative multi-standard real world projects

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Now let us solve problems together

Please form groups of 4 and solve these problems

on the whiteboards

Afterwards we will share how we solved the

problemsFriday, March 9, 2012

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Interesting Curriculum Framework

Software is from Time To Know Limitedan Israeli firm

h"p://dtpny.+metoknow.com

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Thank you for your time!

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any

questions or comments.

[email protected]

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