Question

Help anyone?

Answer 1

Step 1: Write five word phrases to be translated using the various key terms from the lesson. Examples must include variables, and there must be at least one example with an addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, parenthesis and exponents, and one with a combination of phrases or symbols.
Step 2: Provide the algebraic translations to the five word phrases from Step 1.
Step 3: Write five different algebraic expressions to be translated. Examples must include variables, and there must be at least one example with an addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, parenthesis and exponent, and one with a combination of phrases or symbols.
Step 4: Provide the translations of the expressions from Step 3.
Step 5: Create your own example of a mathematical phrase you might hear in the real world, and provide the translation for it. Be sure to identify what part of the phrase is represented by your variable.

Answer 2

According to Hiebert and Carpenter (1992), “one of the most widely accepted ideas within the mathematics education community is the idea that students should understand mathematics” (p. 65). This fundamental assumption was the basis for this study. I too believe that students should understand mathematics. I came to this belief by way of my teaching. A teacher often assumes that a student understands the concept presented, and then finds, in a subsequent class, that the student cannot recall the concept.
One example of this phenomenon is the logarithmic function. While teaching college algebra at a community college for eight years, the most frustrating concept for me to teach was the logarithmic function. Even those students, I felt understood the concept could not remember or use the properties of the function in subsequent courses. This absence of memory about the objects motivated me to ask why.