Algebra teachers, check out these three rational exponent problems from Bryan Anderson. See the hints and answers on Open Middle:
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NFL cornerback Patrick Peterson received a $15,361,000 signing bonus but didn't cash the check for almost a month. When asked why, he said, “I just haven’t gotten around to it.” He could have bought a car with the interest he lost!
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I am a huge fan of the way Juli Dixon describes just-in-time scaffolding vs just-in-case scaffolding. It helped me realize why I made the wrong choices early in my career and gave me a way to describe what we should be doing instead.
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The Hollywood Sign was converted from saying HOLLYWOOD to GO UCLA by some clever UCLA students. I was able to get in touch with one of the students who shared the picture he used to base his measurements off of. Great lesson for calculating area.
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When I first started as an educational consultant, there was so much I didn't know. Fortunately, mentors went out of their way to support. I want to do the same. So, here are nine tips ALL educational consultants need to know
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Are your students working on radical equations? This Open Middle problem from Jonathan Newman will challenge their understandings! www.openmiddle.com/radical-...
A traffic enforcement plane looking for speeding vehicles noticed a motorcycle going exceptionally fast and made some calculations based on distance and time to find the rider's speed. How can we verify if the officer's calculations were correct?
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