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Direct linkWeber, Christof – Mathematics Teacher, 2019
Students' difficulties understanding the meaning of logarithms could stem in part from differences between teachers' and students' views of them. The purpose of this article is to unpack some specialized content knowledge for teaching logarithms. The author discusses the history of logarithms to show why they can be understood as repeated…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Difficulty Level, Numbers
Ptak, Karine S. – Mathematics Teacher, 2019
During the 2013-2014 school year, the Maryland State High School Assessment in Algebra with Data Analysis (HSA) was a requirement for high school graduation in Maryland. At Frederick High School, only 27 percent of students who took the test that year passed. To respond to such an alarming failure rate, three teachers and the author developed and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, Secondary School Mathematics, High School Students
