Getting students to generalize is one of the great challenges of 1st semester Algebra 1--it ranks up there with having them remember anything about solving equations from their previous 3 years of math.
Enter Fawn Nguyen's (@fawnpnguyen) site VisualPatterns.org. I'm going to try using some of the patterns next week as we review creating linear equations from patterns and tables. I don't think my worksheet is anything worth writing home about, but I'll include it just so you can see how I'm using them.
Enter Fawn Nguyen's (@fawnpnguyen) site VisualPatterns.org. I'm going to try using some of the patterns next week as we review creating linear equations from patterns and tables. I don't think my worksheet is anything worth writing home about, but I'll include it just so you can see how I'm using them.
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However, I did start thinking that I probably should contribute to the site instead of just taking stuff from it. So... here's my 1st submission.
What I am unsure of is what questions I should ask. I gave Fawn a couple I was thinking of, but ultimately left the decision to her: 1) How many blocks in the 43rd instance? 2) What is the perimeter in the 43rd instance? 3) What is the area in the 43rd instance? (this one is quite a bit harder than the previous two).
What do you think?
What do you think?
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