Blog Posts on conceptual understanding

Using cognitive conflict to teach solving inequalities by Mathematics for Teaching on Jan 24, 2012Mathematics for Teaching - This site is NOT about making mathematics easy because it isn't. It is about making it make sense because it does.One way to teach and assess students understanding of math concepts and procedures is to create a cognit...

When is a math problem a problem? by Mathematics for Teaching on Sep 20, 2011Mathematics for Teaching - This site is NOT about making mathematics easy because it isn't. It is about making it make sense because it does.One of the main objectives of mathematics education is for students to acquire mathematical habits of mi...

When is a math problem a problem? Why give one? by Mathematics for Teaching on Sep 20, 2011Mathematics for Teaching - This site is NOT about making mathematics easy because it isn't. It is about making it make sense because it does.TweetOne of the main objectives of mathematics education is for students to acquire mathematical habits...

Comparing slopes of tangent lines by Mathematics for Teaching on Jul 26, 2011One of the most difficult items for the Philippine sample, in the Trends and Issues in Science and Mathematics Education Study (TIMSS) for Advanced Math and Science students conducted in 2008, is about comparing the slopes of the tangent at a point o...