Archive for February, 2009


Integrating Technology: Social Networking

Saturday, February 21st, 2009 1:00 pm

Written by: Kimberly Lightle

This article was originally published in the January 2009 Integrating Technology column of Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, an online magazine for elementary teachers. All versions of this article are licensed under a Creative Commons License.
The Middle School Portal Math & Science Pathways project has has its own online social network - check it out!
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Posted in Topics: Integrating Technology, Math, Quick Takes, Science

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What’s the Average?

Saturday, February 21st, 2009 12:36 pm

Written by: Terese Herrera

Students often answer with the formula: “Add all the numbers together and divide, etc.” with no strong idea of what “average” means. Few adults, in fact, distinguish among the measures of central tendency: mean, median, and mode, but tend to lump them into a general idea of “what’s typical” of the data. Not a bad place to […]

Posted in Topics: Averages, Data Analysis, Instruction, Math, Mean, Median, Mode, Process Skills (Mathematics), Quick Takes

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