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Math Training Module: Using the Internet in Support
of GED Math Instruction
Session Five: Algebra
Time: 3 hours
Objectives
- Participants will understand the importance of algebraic thinking
in the lives of their students.
- Participants will explore websites and identify learning opportunities
on those sites.
- Participants will define how they would use the websites in teaching
geometry and measurement.
- Participants will evaluate websites using an online rubric.
- Participants will define barriers to using the websites in their instruction.
Materials
- Computers
- Projector
- Screen
- Handouts 5a and 5b
- Flip chart
- Markers
To the Trainer:
Algebra in the K-12 system is considered to be a gatekeeper course. But
many think it would be better named a “gateway” course because
mastering algebraic thinking is a solid step toward making sense of other,
more complex mathematical concepts. In this section you begin by establishing
the relevance of algebraic thinking in participants’ own lives.
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