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Why Teach with Spreadsheets?. Presentation by Beth Rajan Sockman with the help of others!. What is Math? . Numbers Qualitative reasoning Make meaning from numbers. Question. How many of you liked math? When do you do reading in school? When do you do math in school?
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Why Teach with Spreadsheets? Presentation by Beth RajanSockman with the help of others!
What is Math? • Numbers • Qualitative reasoning • Make meaning from numbers
Question • How many of you liked math? • When do you do reading in school? • When do you do math in school? • How much is math reinforced?
Why Spreadsheets? Teaching should promote quantitative literacy - the habit of mind where one engages quantitative problems in relevant context.
Let’s take a look at some examples Interdisciplinary study of the Rainforest Excel – How Big are Things? How can this help learners?
Early Elementary • Excel - First Grade • Average students • Traditional education • One computer classroom • 2 students take a daily “poll” How can this help learners?
Language Arts • Excel – Poem • Madlib: Robert Frost • Excel - Spelling How can this help learners?
Doing spreadsheet versus making Benefits to Doing Benefits to Making
Social Studies • Excel – Civil War • Why does the teacher ask the questions • Part of Webquest? How can this help learners?
Math & Music • Excel – Instruments • Part of webquest How can this help learners?