Have you ever had difficulty helping students to understand the difference between expressions and equations? Between evaluating and solving?
I then gave them a dice and said that they needed to record what they rolled so that I would know what each variable was equal to. This highlighted the fact that variables can be anything.
What have you done to help students understand variables and the difference between expressions and equations?
--Lauren
A simple explanation of a strategy that paid off for students.
ReplyDeleteI hope someone with experience in teaching math responds to your question:
"What have you done to help students understand variables and the difference between expressions and equations?"
Dennis