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Math Lessons and Teaching Tips
All of these lessons and articles from this website and my blog are written by me... Maria Miller. I hope they help you in your math teaching.
One good way to find help for the math topic you're interested in is to use the SEARCH box below. I have written something about most elementary and middle school math topics.
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General
Four habits of highly effective math teaching
How to motivate & prevent math anxiety
How to help a student who is behind in math
Keeping math skills sharp in the summer
Do's and don'ts of teaching problem solving
Which operation to use in word problems?
Solving word problems & setting up equations
Calculator related articles from my blog
Problem solving articles from my blog
Living math - articles from my blog
Elementary
Learn to recognize numbers — a game for preschoolers
Kindergarten math— an outline of study and recommendations for materials
Using a 100-bead abacus in elementary math - articles from my blog
Using manipulatives - articles from my blog
How to teach children to recognize coins
Math facts - articles from my blog
Solving math word problems in elementary grades
Using calculator in elementary grades?
Calculator related articles from my blog
Place Value Lessons
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Add & Subtract Lessons
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Middle
Recommendations for pre-algebra books
Order of operations/PEMDAS
Estimation methods
Negative or zero exponents
Number to zero power is one - 2 proofs
How to teach proportions
Proportion related articles from my blog
Percent - the concept and how to change fractions to percents; also includes a video
Percentage of a number using mental math; also includes a video
Percentage of a number using decimals; also includes a video
"What percentage..." / "How many percent...?"; also includes a video
Percent basics—from my blog
Calculating percent—from my blog
Basics of percent of change—with videos
How to teach integers
Hands-on with pi
Sine in a right triangle
Square roots without a calculator?
Rational numbers & converting repeating decimals into fractions
Where do you need math, square roots, or algebra in real life?
Balance illustrates equation solving
Algebraic thinking related articles from my blog
Geometry Lessons
High School
Teaching algebra - articles from my blog
Why high school geometry is difficult
Help with high school geometry
What is proof?
Two-column proof vs. paragraph proof
Proving is a process - logarithm problem
Fascinating irrational numbers
Proof that square root of 2 is irrational
Rational numbers are countable
How does calculator find values of sine?
Fibonacci numbers and golden section
Why does the square root algorithm work?
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The fast, FUN, and easy way to learn multiplication. Learn the upper times tales in two sittings using mnemonic stories.
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