tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957896812820341397.post1167948802769776709..comments2024-01-14T18:14:23.866-08:00Comments on Delta Scape: How do we make thinking visible?delta_dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18024582157985654525noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957896812820341397.post-17621073463435831122012-08-27T13:54:46.700-07:002012-08-27T13:54:46.700-07:00The book's great -- except that I fight the fo...The book's great -- except that I fight the folks deciding that learnign math is like understanding birds and people ... and if you don't get it, well... fish is fish, and you should stay where you belong... <br /> ... I try to get my folks to entertain, when "this looks impossible!" (or "this is different than the other things I know how to do!") to not listen to that voice and to call up one that says "okay, it's different, but I'm supposed to be able to figure this out. What do I know? What do I wish this looked like (because then it would be a problem I could do), and how is it different? Can I do something to it to make it look like one I know how to do?"<br /> (Works really well when the student is told to factor -12x + x^2 + 36, and they just factored 10 perfect square trinomials... but were thrown by the change in order.) SiouxGeonzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852040976080951492noreply@blogger.com