Thinking and reasoning is always more powerful than rotely memorizing steps. In this episode Pam and Kim demonstrate how to help students reason about Order of Operations.
Talking Points:

  • Nat Banting's "Oops, I Meant"
  • Representing a context using the grouping symbols to communicate
  • Demonstrate how mathematicians communicate with symbols earl
  • Using the equals sign correctly to mean "equal" vs "Do it""
  • No more unnecessarily difficult practice

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