Fatuous use of tabular integration to prove a point.

Precalc class after taking (individually) a practice quiz. The way I set up the SBG system, the first time they see a topic, there is no grade, just feedback. Sometimes that feedback is from me, but mostly they are providing the feedback to themselves with help from their peers. They took the quizze...
Read more...Random group review in Advanced Algebra (groups chosen from teammaker). 
PreCalc came up with several answers to the cartalk puzzler.

Triangle de Pascal. No duh.
Advanced Algebra class: had them find the expansion of (a+b)^n for n=0, 1, 2, and 3. We wrote down coefficients in a triangular manor, and only 1 out of 24 students figured out that Pascal's triangle was being formed even though they had all been taught it the previous...
Pre-Calculus H example in class: Jacob B.¹ has a very generous bank where he accrues 100% annual interest and he can compound the interest as many times as he'd like. However Jacob only has $1 and one year.
They didn't recognize e in decimal form despite it being right under their nose. Inte...
Read more...BC calc reviewing calculus of transcendentals. Up to them how they work. Together, separate, separate and then check work, etc. also up to them how they record their info. Some choose paper, some giant whiteboards, some smaller whiteboards, some class whiteboards. They were sharp today, caught sever...
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