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From Buttons to Algebra:Learning the ideas and language of algebra, K-12Learning the ideas and language of algebra, K-12
from and Harcourt School Publishersfrom and Harcourt School PublishersRice University, Houston, Sept 2007Rice University, Houston, Sept 2007
Paul Goldenberg http:http://thinkmath//thinkmath..edcedc.org.org
Some ideas from the newest NSF program, Think Math!
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Before you scramble to take notes
http:http://thinkmath//thinkmath..edcedc.org.org
With downloadableWith downloadable PowerPointPowerPointat http://www.at http://www.edcedc..org/thinkmath/org/thinkmath/
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What could mathematics be like?
Is there anything interesting aboutIs there anything interesting aboutaddition and subtraction sentences?addition and subtraction sentences?
It could be spark curiosity!It could be spark curiosity!
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Write two number sentences…
To 2nd graders: see if you can find some that donTo 2nd graders: see if you can find some that don’’t work!t work!
4 + 2 = 6
3 + 1 = 4
10+ =7 3
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What could mathematics be like?
Is there anything less sexy thanIs there anything less sexy thanmemorizing multiplication facts?memorizing multiplication facts?
What What helpshelps people memorize? people memorize?SomethingSomething memorable!memorable!
It could be fascinating!It could be fascinating!
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Teaching without talkingShhhShhh…… Students thinking! Students thinking!
Wow! Will it always work? Big numbers?Wow! Will it always work? Big numbers??
38 39 40 41 42
3536
6 7 8 9 105432 11 12 13
8081
18 19 20 21 22… …
??
1600
1516
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Take it a step further
What about What about twotwo steps out? steps out?
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ShhhShhh…… Students thinking! Students thinking!
Again?! Always?Again?! Always? Find some bigger examples.Find some bigger examples.
Teaching without talking
1216
6 7 8 9 105432 11 12 13
6064
?
58 59 60 61 6228 29 30 31 32… …
???
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Take it even further
What about What about threethree steps out? steps out?What about What about fourfour??What about What about fivefive??
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““OK, um, 53OK, um, 53”” ““Hmm, wellHmm, well……
……OK, IOK, I’’ll pick 47, and I can multiply thosell pick 47, and I can multiply thosenumbers faster than you can!numbers faster than you can!””
To doTo do…… 53 53×× 4747
I thinkI think……5050 ×× 5050 (well, 5 (well, 5 ×× 5 and 5 and ……))…… 25002500Minus 3 Minus 3 ×× 3 3 –– 9 9
24912491
“Mommy! Give me a 2-digit number!”2500
47 48 49 50 51 52 53
about 50
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Why bother?
Kids feel smart!Kids feel smart! Teachers feel smart!Teachers feel smart! Practice.Practice.
Gives practice. Helps me memorize, because itGives practice. Helps me memorize, because it’’s s memorablememorable!!
Something new.Something new.Foreshadows algebra. In fact, kids record it Foreshadows algebra. In fact, kids record it withwith algebraic language! algebraic language!
And something to wonder about:And something to wonder about: How does it work?How does it work?
It matters!It matters!
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One way to look at it
5 × 5
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One way to look at it
5 × 4
Removing acolumn leaves
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One way to look at it
6 × 4
Replacing as arow leaves
with one leftover.
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One way to look at it
6 × 4
Removing theleftover leaves
showing that itis one less than
5 × 5.
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How doesit work?
47 3
5053
47
350 × 50 – 3 × 3
= 53 × 47
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An important propaganda break…
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“Math talent” is made, not found
We all We all ““knowknow”” that some people have that some people have……musical ears,musical ears,mathematical minds,mathematical minds,a natural aptitude for languagesa natural aptitude for languages……..
We We gotta gotta stop believingstop believing itit’’s all in the geness all in the genes!! And we are And we are equallyequally endowed with much of it endowed with much of it
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A number trick
ThinkThink of a number. of a number. Add 3.Add 3. Double the result.Double the result. Subtract 4.Subtract 4. Divide the result by 2.Divide the result by 2. Subtract the numberSubtract the number
you first thought of.you first thought of. Your answer is 1!Your answer is 1!
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How did it work?
ThinkThink of a number. of a number. Add 3.Add 3. Double the result.Double the result. Subtract 4.Subtract 4. Divide the result by 2.Divide the result by 2. Subtract the numberSubtract the number
you first thought of.you first thought of. Your answer is 1!Your answer is 1!
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How did it work?
ThinkThink of a number. of a number. Add 3.Add 3. Double the result.Double the result. Subtract 4.Subtract 4. Divide the result by 2.Divide the result by 2. Subtract the numberSubtract the number
you first thought of.you first thought of. Your answer is 1!Your answer is 1!
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How did it work?
ThinkThink of a number. of a number. Add 3.Add 3. Double the result.Double the result. Subtract 4.Subtract 4. Divide the result by 2.Divide the result by 2. Subtract the numberSubtract the number
you first thought of.you first thought of. Your answer is 1!Your answer is 1!
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How did it work?
ThinkThink of a number. of a number. Add 3.Add 3. Double the result.Double the result. Subtract 4.Subtract 4. Divide the result by 2.Divide the result by 2. Subtract the numberSubtract the number
you first thought of.you first thought of. Your answer is 1!Your answer is 1!
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How did it work?
ThinkThink of a number. of a number. Add 3.Add 3. Double the result.Double the result. Subtract 4.Subtract 4. Divide the result by 2.Divide the result by 2. Subtract the numberSubtract the number
you first thought of.you first thought of. Your answer is 1!Your answer is 1!
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How did it work?
ThinkThink of a number. of a number. Add 3.Add 3. Double the result.Double the result. Subtract 4.Subtract 4. Divide the result by 2.Divide the result by 2. Subtract the numberSubtract the number
you first thought of.you first thought of. Your answer is 1!Your answer is 1!
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How did it work?
ThinkThink of a number. of a number. Add 3.Add 3. Double the result.Double the result. Subtract 4.Subtract 4. Divide the result by 2.Divide the result by 2. Subtract the numberSubtract the number
you first thought of.you first thought of. Your answer is 1!Your answer is 1!
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How did it work?
ThinkThink of a number. of a number. Add 3.Add 3. Double the result.Double the result. Subtract 4.Subtract 4. Divide the result by 2.Divide the result by 2. Subtract the numberSubtract the number
you first thought of.you first thought of. Your answer is 1!Your answer is 1!
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Kids need to do it themselves…
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Using notation: following steps
Think of anumber.Double it.Add 6.Divide by 2.What did you get?
510168 7 3 20
Dana
Cory Sandy
ChrisWords Pictures
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Using notation: undoing steps
Think of anumber.Double it.Add 6.Divide by 2.What did you get?
510168 7 3 20
Dana
Cory Sandy
ChrisWords48
14
Hard to undo using the words.Much easier to undo using the notation.
Pictures
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Using notation: simplifying steps
Think of anumber.Double it.Add 6.Divide by 2.What did you get?
510168 7 3 20
Dana
Cory Sandy
ChrisWords Pictures4
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Why a number trick? Why bags?
Computational practice, but Computational practice, but muchmuch more more Notation helps them Notation helps them understandunderstand the trick. the trick. Notation helps them Notation helps them inventinvent new tricks. new tricks. Notation helps them Notation helps them undoundo the trick. the trick. But most important, the idea thatBut most important, the idea that notation/representation is powerful!notation/representation is powerful!
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Children are language learners…
They They areare pattern-finders, abstracters pattern-finders, abstracters…… ……naturalnatural sponges for language sponges for language in contextin context..
n 10n – 8 2
80
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18 173 4
58 57
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hundreds digit > 6 tens digit is
7, 8, or 9
the number isa multiple of 5
the tens digit isgreater than thehundreds digit
ones digit < 5
the number
is even
tens digit < ones digit
the ones digit istwice the tens digit
the number isdivisible by 3
A game in grade 3
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3rd grade detectives!
I. I. I am even.I am even.
h t u
0 01 1 12 2 23 3 34 4 45 5 56 6 67 7 78 8 89 9 9
II. II. All of my digits < 5All of my digits < 5III. h + t + u = 9
IV. I am less than 400.
V. Exactly two of my digits are the same.
432342234324144414
1 4 4
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Is it all puzzles and tricks?
No. (And thatNo. (And that’’s too bad, by the way!)s too bad, by the way!) Curiosity.Curiosity. How to start what we canHow to start what we can’’t finish.t finish. Cats play/practice pouncing; sharpen claws.Cats play/practice pouncing; sharpen claws. We play/practice, too. WeWe play/practice, too. We’’ve evolved fancyve evolved fancy
brains.brains.
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Representing processes
Bags and letters can represent Bags and letters can represent numbersnumbers.. We need also to representWe need also to represent……
ideasideas —— multiplication multiplication processesprocesses —— the multiplication algorithm the multiplication algorithm
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Representing multiplication, itself
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Naming intersections, first gradePut a red house at the intersection of A street and N avenue.
Where is the green house?
How do we go fromthe green house tothe school?
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Combinatorics, beginning of 2nd
How many two-letter words can you make,How many two-letter words can you make,starting with a red letterstarting with a red letter and andending with a purple letterending with a purple letter??
a i s n t
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Multiplication, coordinates, phonics?
a i s n t
as in
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Multiplication, coordinates, phonics?
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Similar questions, similar image
Four skirts and three shirts: how many outfits?
Five flavors of ice cream and four toppings:how many sundaes? (one scoop, onetopping)
How many 2-block towers can you make fromfour differently-colored Lego blocks?
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Representing 22 × 1722
17
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Representing the algorithm20
10
2
7
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Representing the algorithm20
10
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200
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20
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Representing the algorithm20
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Representing division (not the algorithm)
““Oh!Oh!Division isDivision isjustjustunmultipli-unmultipli-cationcation!!””
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A kindergarten look at20
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Back to the very beginningsBack to the very beginningsPicture a young child withPicture a young child witha small pile of buttons.a small pile of buttons.
Natural to sort.Natural to sort.
We help children refineWe help children refineand extend what is alreadyand extend what is alreadynatural.natural.
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Children can also summarize.Children can also summarize.
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If we substitute numbers for the original objectsIf we substitute numbers for the original objects……AbstractionAbstraction
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Building the addition algorithmBuilding the addition algorithmOnly multiples of 10 in yellow. Only less than 10 in blue.Only multiples of 10 in yellow. Only less than 10 in blue.
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The subtraction algorithmOnly multiples of 10 in yellow. Only less than 10 in blue.Only multiples of 10 in yellow. Only less than 10 in blue.
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The subtraction algorithmOnly multiples of 10 in yellow. Only less than 10 in blue.Only multiples of 10 in yellow. Only less than 10 in blue.
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The algebra connection: adding
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The algebra connection: subtracting
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The algebra connection: algebra!
5x 3y
2x 3y 11
23 5x + 3y = 23
2x + 3y = 11
12+ =3x 0x = 4
3x 0 12
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All from sorting buttons
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“Skill practice” in a second grade
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Thank you!
E. Paul GoldenbergE. Paul Goldenberg http:http://thinkmath//thinkmath..edcedc.org/.org/
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Learning by doing, for teachers
Professional development of 1.6M teachersProfessional development of 1.6M teachers To take advantage of time they already have,To take advantage of time they already have,
a curriculum must bea curriculum must be…… Easy to start Easy to start (well, as easy as it can ge)(well, as easy as it can ge)
Appealing toAppealing to adultadult minds minds (obviously to kids, too!)(obviously to kids, too!)
Comforting Comforting (covering the bases, the tests)(covering the bases, the tests)
Solid math, solid pedagogy Solid math, solid pedagogy (brain science, Montessori, Singapore, language)(brain science, Montessori, Singapore, language)
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Keeping things in one’s head
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