STARTING THE WORKSHOP

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For an onsite workshop for teachers you can display the Washington Post METRO article titled Math Made Easy. You can also distribute a copy of this article to each of the participants if you wish.

The article shows classroom middle school teacher Sherry Gorrell of the Fairfax County Public Schools using Dr. Super's Triangles in her classroom. Mrs. Gorrell, a Presidential Award winner,was among a half a dozen teachers that pilot tested Dr. Super's Triangles before they were published.

Suggested points that could be made in reference to this article include:

a. Dr. Super's Triangles have been completely tested by teachers and students in real classroom settings.

b. As reported in the article, Dr. Super's Triangles promote an exciting hands-on approach to learning mathematics, an approach that has captured the attention of knowledgeable teachers as well as reporters and editors of a major daily paper.

c. In the activity today that is similar to what the students were engaged in Sherry's classroom the four main goals of the NCTM standards for middle school are addressed as described in the introduction. At the end of each Step the presenter can revisit how theses goals are addressed in that step.

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