A Simple Habit to Prevent Ridiculous Answers
As math teachers, we're always looking for ways to help our students notice errors and solve more problems correctly (pretty obvious, right?)
Well, what's not always obvious to our students is that they sometimes give ridiculous answers.
Say, for example, the problem asked them to figure out how quickly Elliot ran the marathon. They run the numbers and come up with their solution: 825mph.
HUH?
If they'd just stop and think for a minute, there is no human possibility that Elliot ran at a rate of 825mph. I mean, unless he's secretly Superman or something.
So how do we get our students to stop & think about their answers? The simple acronym DMAMS can help you do just that.
We explain it here:
p.s. Speaking of math making sense, that's our whole goal at MathLight - to make math easier for students to understand (and, not so incidentally, easier for you to teach, too!)
Throughout our video lessons, we use tried & true teaching techniques like DMAMS to help students better understand math.
You can use the videos in a variety of ways - to flip your class, catch up absent students, provide support for struggling students, supplement (or replace) your own lectures, and more!
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