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作者 ott (寶貝)
標題 Mathalicious!  Studio Classroom
時間 2013年04月15日 Mon. PM 04:45:16


   
         
   
 

Mathalicious!
Getting students interested in math by asking better questions
把數學變得更可口! - 好問題,讓學生對數學更有興趣

Former middle school math teacher Karim Kai Ani often faced a classroom full of bored students. But he couldn't get upset because he agreed with them - the lessons really were boring! That's why he became a math coach, a job that allowed him to help other teachers design better lessons. Then in 2009, he founded the math-teaching website Mathalicious, so he could devote himself completely to designing lessons. Unlike lessons in traditional math textbooks. Mathalicious lessons ask open-ended math questions with real-life applications .

For example: Do people with small feet pay more for shoes? How long must a person exercise to burn off a Big Mac? Each lesson includes handouts, a teacher's guide and a short multimedia presentation. Also, each lesson requires students to use specific math skills included in the Common Core State Standards.

While the site does offer a handful of free samples, the lessons are based on payment. But for many math teachers, the cost is worth it. Mathalicious gives them the tools they need to turn bored students into inspired ones!

Grammar Gym :
" While the site does offer a handful of free samples, the lessons are based on payment."
"while" -usually mean that " how two things were happening at the same time.
For example: Jim waited in the car while Teresa went to buy coffee.
"while" here mean " although"
Although the site does offer a handful of free samples, the lessons are based on payment.
While cats are generally known to not like water, tigers do enjoy swimming.
While tourists are not allowed to walk into the palace, the palace gardens are open to the public.

Vocabulary Tips :
open-ended :there is not right or wring answer, but you need think about it...開放式的,沒有預定目標或結論的。 1
*The meeting has an open-ended agenda .沒有特定的議題。
*This open-ended task requires independent thinking and the ability to solve problems.自由發揮的任務,需要的是有獨立思考和解決問題的能力。
application -something you can use every day in your life, not just one time or two.應用,運用。
*There are a lot of practical applications for what the students learned in their physics class.物理。
申請。
*All scholarship applications need to be submitted by this Friday.
burn off = burn up - consume, to get rid of it, use all off it.燃燒,燒盡。 消耗掉。
*jogging regularly can burn off excessive calories .燒盡過多的卡路里。
*Pamela went swimming after dinner to burn off the steak and potatoes she had eaten.
inspire (v) -encourage you to think of it and want to do it eagerly.鼓舞,激勵,激發靈感。
*My drama teacher inspired me to become an actor.
inspired (adj) -被某事物所激發的或所影響的。
*a Japanese-inspired hotel. -具有日本風格的旅館。
devote - give time or your energy and life to it, the object can be big but also can be very small.
*devote sometime to study English.
coach / teach -教練/老師。
coach - someone who leads the team.
teach - someone who teaches in class.
multimedia - multi (many kinds, more than one), media -such as video, power point, picture on slice show...媒介,媒體。 。
Mathalicious - a make up word, from Mathematics and delicious.

Language Tips:
bored (人的感受。) / boring - (事物)
interested (人的感受。) / interesting -(事物)
excited (人的感受。) / exciting -(事物)
bored - (人)感到無趣的。
I'm bored. -我覺得無聊的很。
I feel bored .我感到很無聊。
She feels bored.
boring -(事情,事物)無聊,無趣。
That's a boring book .那是本無聊透了的書。
I am feel boring / I am boring -我是個很無聊的人。 把自己當成了東西,事物了-指自己是個很無聊的人,自己本身很無趣。
a classroom full of bored students .-滿了感到無聊的學生們。 對像是人。
The lessons really were boring.! (事物)這課。
excited / exciting :興奮。
I am so excited. / What an exciting movie!


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