Comments on: Putting the “Use” in “Look for and Make Use of Structure.” /2017/putting-the-use-in-look-for-and-make-use-of-structure/ less helpful Sun, 18 Feb 2018 07:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Diigo Links (Weekly) | Another EducatorAl Blog /2017/putting-the-use-in-look-for-and-make-use-of-structure/#comment-2442029 Sun, 18 Feb 2018 07:53:39 +0000 /?p=27081#comment-2442029 […] Putting the “Use” in “Look for and Make Use of Structure.” — dy/dan […]

]]> By: Pat Hennelly /2017/putting-the-use-in-look-for-and-make-use-of-structure/#comment-2440341 Sun, 26 Nov 2017 20:03:24 +0000 /?p=27081#comment-2440341 Thanks for sharing this! I am a pre-service teacher, and one of the things I have noticed is it is hard to have students recognize what the similarities are between certain graphs or even certain types of problems. Having them do an activity of this sort really helps them to develop those recognition skills needed to be successful in mathematics. This is definitely something I want to implement in my future classroom. Thank you for sharing this!

]]> By: Dan Meyer /2017/putting-the-use-in-look-for-and-make-use-of-structure/#comment-2439977 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 01:37:53 +0000 /?p=27081#comment-2439977 In reply to katenerdypoo.

Dig the activity, Kate. I wonder if there are some useful extensions to ask students where they manipulate bands on the geoboard rather than just answering questions about the geoboards you provide. If that sounds interesting, copy and paste this link into any graph component in an activity and see what you can do!

]]> By: Nick Hershman /2017/putting-the-use-in-look-for-and-make-use-of-structure/#comment-2439966 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 04:58:21 +0000 /?p=27081#comment-2439966 In reply to Shaun Errichiello.

@Shawn I liked the problem too and solved it with some transformations instead of writing new equations.

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/oyebnayhgk

]]> By: katenerdypoo /2017/putting-the-use-in-look-for-and-make-use-of-structure/#comment-2439954 Sat, 21 Oct 2017 18:45:13 +0000 /?p=27081#comment-2439954 i’m excited to try this out with the students. i’ve recently done linear functions with my 8th graders; this will be a nice review and extension.

i have my own desmos activity that is also a bit about seeing structure, modeled on the MYP criterion B (investigating patterns) rubric.

i’m curious what you think: https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5954c8a34d6ae00b7a5b5831

and a request: i hope the activity builder will allow for math type in regular response boxes because this all ends up looking hideous, unfortunately.

]]> By: Dan Meyer /2017/putting-the-use-in-look-for-and-make-use-of-structure/#comment-2439946 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 21:14:16 +0000 /?p=27081#comment-2439946 In reply to Elaine Watson.

Nice! Hope it goes well, Elaine.

]]> By: Dan Meyer /2017/putting-the-use-in-look-for-and-make-use-of-structure/#comment-2439945 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 21:06:57 +0000 /?p=27081#comment-2439945 In reply to Michael Pershan.

Perhaps “familiarity” is better than “boredom” here. If I’m trying to help you understand the abstraction we call a “chair” and I’m showing you item after item, there is a moment of productive familiarity where your brain has the resources to describe that abstraction. If those items I’m showing you are still novel, it’s much harder to describe it.

Boredom through repetition often creates the need for efficiency. Sometimes that boredom also frees up the cognitive resources necessary for satisfying that need. I don’t think I agree with that second statement as often as the first, though.

]]> By: Michael Pershan /2017/putting-the-use-in-look-for-and-make-use-of-structure/#comment-2439943 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 20:43:33 +0000 /?p=27081#comment-2439943 In reply to Michael Pershan.

I see what you’re going for, but I’m having trouble making sense of it. What I’m hearing from you is that *whenever* someone has available cognitive resources to pay attention to something new they are ALSO bored. But working memory is all about cognition and boredom is an emotion — I think? I’m not sure how interestingness relates to working memory, but I don’t think I believe that you’re always bored when you’re ready for learning.

But, anyway, isn’t your teaching philosophy that you want students to be bored so that they feel a need for the existence of lists? I didn’t think that your take was that boredom was required cognitively.

]]> By: Thomas Lang /2017/putting-the-use-in-look-for-and-make-use-of-structure/#comment-2439942 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 20:06:49 +0000 /?p=27081#comment-2439942 Yeah. The list feature in Desmos is crazy when you use it to draw all kinds of stuffs. Recently I ran through this guide which used the list feature to embed parameters into sine waves and quadratics,. Definitely some food for teachers when it comes to activities for students.

]]> By: Dan Meyer /2017/putting-the-use-in-look-for-and-make-use-of-structure/#comment-2439941 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 20:00:25 +0000 /?p=27081#comment-2439941 In reply to Dan Teague.

Awesome variations & extensions, Dan. Thanks for passing them along.

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