Teaching Strategies for Math Flashcards

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Integrated teaching

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Multiple concepts are used in problem-solving at once

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Auditory learning

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Learning primarily by hearing things i.e. lectures

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Visual learning

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Learning primarily by seeing things Ex. written examples

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Learning style

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The manner in which a student learns best

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Numeric representation

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A model using numbers to display a mathematical concepts

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Metacognition

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The ability to think about one’s own thought process

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Auditory methods

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Lessons using materials for students to listen to

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Proportional manipulatives

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Objects that are proportional to each other with respect to shape and size

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Word wall

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An on-going bulletin board with common terms used frequently in the classroom. Vocabulary words are added as they are introduced

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Heterogenous group

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Group comprised of individuals working on various levels

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Homogeneous group

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Group comprised of individuals working on the same level

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Pie chart

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A graph in which a circle is divided into sectors that each represent a proportion of the whole pie charts are helpful when displaying the relative distribution of categories

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Behaviorism

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Learning theory rooted in the notion that all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment

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Compartmentalize teaching

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Concepts taught one at a time in isolation of other concepts no longer recommended

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Texas essential knowledge and skills

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The state foundation curriculums developed by the state Board of Education that requires all students to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to read write compute problem solve think critically apply technology and communicate across all subject areas

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Kinesthetic learning/tactile learning

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Learning primarily by touching things or doing an activity

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Symbolic representation

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A model using symbols or variables to display a mathematical concept for example a formula

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Constructivism

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Learning new behaviors by adjusting our current view of the world

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Verbal representation

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Word problems and verbal descriptions of how to solve a problem or what the solution means

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Flexible grouping

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Grouping students based on their learning needs or interests

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Line graph

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A visual representation of data which shows change over time or in response to a manipulated variable

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Concrete representations

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Using physical pieces to represent mathematical problems for example manipulatives

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Coordinate plane

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A plane often divided into a grid with a horizontal X axis and a vertical Y axis that intersects at the origin

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Tactile methods

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Lessons using materials for students to touch and handle

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Graphing calculator

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A device that is capable of solving advanced mathematical equations, plotting graphs and performing other tasks with variables

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Cognitivism

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Learning new behaviors by connecting current knowledge with new knowledge

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Symbolic stage/ Representational stage

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Drawing pictures or symbols to represent numbers in an equation

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Abstract thinking

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Using numbers or letters variables in an equation

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Manipulatives

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Objects used by students to illustrate explore mathematical concepts, such as to represent numbers in an equation

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Visual methods

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Lessons using materials for students to view

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Think aloud

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A teaching strategy in which a teacher states his/her thoughts allowed to demonstrate how her students should go about solving a problem or understanding a text

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English language learners

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Soon as you are learning the English language, or for whom English is not a first language

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Number line

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A straight line where each number is equal distance from the next one

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Nonproportional manipulatives

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Objects that are not proportional to each other with respect to shape and size often all of the items are the same size

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Graphic/ pictoral representation

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A graph or a picture of that serves as a visual model of a mathematical equation

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Concrete operational stage

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The third stage of Piaget‘s theory of cognitive development, occurring from seven years old to adolescence in which children begin to think logically and use inductive reasoning

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Bar graph

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A visual representation of data which compares values in different categories