rhempel , 3 months ago @futurebird My favorite teacher was one that showed us algebra without calling it algebra. She would draw the box and have us guess and work out the (wrong answer) and then guess again ... ... until one of the kids figured out how to rearrange things so that you isolated the box. I don't recall if she was so slick that she made us think we figured out the "trick" :-) God I loved having a great teacher!
@futurebird My favorite teacher was one that showed us algebra without calling it algebra.
She would draw the box and have us guess and work out the (wrong answer) and then guess again ...
... until one of the kids figured out how to rearrange things so that you isolated the box.
I don't recall if she was so slick that she made us think we figured out the "trick" :-)
God I loved having a great teacher!