[Maths-Education] Ratio and Proportion
Rosalie A. Dance
rdance@uvi.edu
Thu, 04 Oct 2001 16:32:10 -0400
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>PS. Now those of you in the UK can "solve" Ontario's problem of the day -=
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>Does a cone have any faces, vertices, or edges? If so how many? This=20
>appears to be a significant issue for our Junior (grades 4-6) grade=
teachers.
But this one is a sweet question, provided you don't think about answers as=
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'right' or 'wrong' but just ask students to give convincing arguments for=20
an answer.
The student could back at us for answering a question with a question; they=
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could ask, "When?"
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Rosalie A. Dance
Division of Science and Mathematics,
University of the Virgin Islands
St. Thomas, VI 00802
phone 340-693-1253
fax 340-693-1245
rdance@uvi.edu
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