How to teach set theory to freshmen in New York State
April 15, 2009 pm30 7:22 pm
For the rest of this vacation week, I will be posting a series of entries related to set theory, and how might teach it in New York State.
Quick background: Some basic set theory is in the Integrated Algebra curriculum. (new, last year). There had been no set theory in New York State high school math for at least a full generation previous.
Posts may include:
- some set theory basics
- what’s actually in the NY State standards? what’s shown up on the 3 Integrated Algebra Regents exams so far?
- Problems of vocabulary
- Teaching topics vs teaching a unit
- A suggested unit
- Not allowing set theory to be “stand alone” – creating links in other parts of the curriculum
- Some extra topics
- problem solving related to sets
- thoughts about professional development and set theory
Here are some previous posts related to teaching set theory:
And we end with this bligblug morsel:
Advertisements
Trackbacks