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Ep 247: Avoid the Digit Trap

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Why do students not realize their incorrect answers are completely unreasonable? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss another trap students fall into when taught to mimic algorithms as 'the way' to solve problems.

Talking Points:

The patterns in Remove a Friendly Number Over strategy
Important place value conversations
How students can be stuck dealing with only digits rather than magnitude
Reasonableness, or "Ish", numbers
Parsing out polynomials into too many pieces

Check out our social media
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Instagram: Pam Harris_math
Facebook: Pam Harris, author, mathematics education
Linkedin: Pam Harris Consulting LLC

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Ep 247: Avoid the Digit Trap

Math is Figure-Out-Able!

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Why do students not realize their incorrect answers are completely unreasonable? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss another trap students fall into when taught to mimic algorithms as 'the way' to solve problems.

Talking Points:

The patterns in Remove a Friendly Number Over strategy
Important place value conversations
How students can be stuck dealing with only digits rather than magnitude
Reasonableness, or "Ish", numbers
Parsing out polynomials into too many pieces

Check out our social media
Twitter: @PWHarris
Instagram: Pam Harris_math
Facebook: Pam Harris, author, mathematics education
Linkedin: Pam Harris Consulting LLC

… continue reading

388 episodes

#Podcasting Education #Pam Harris

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