http://www.nextvista.org/multiplying-decimals/ at NextVista.org Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:37:00 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.nextvista.org/multiplying-decimals/comment-page-1/#comment-20760 Math Stories : Silver Lining Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:03:42 +0000 http://www.nextvista.org/2006/09/09/multiplying-decimals/#comment-20760 [...] On a whim, I checked out the multiplying decimals one, which matched the lesson I had just done. Now, I realize this site is just tidbits, something kids can use as advice for homework, and that they shouldn't really be considered proper lesson plans, but watching that made me realize how many teacher's I'd seen that focus on "how" rather than "why", and that even my steaming pile of a lesson that day might have had something to offer. [...] [...] On a whim, I checked out the multiplying decimals one, which matched the lesson I had just done. Now, I realize this site is just tidbits, something kids can use as advice for homework, and that they shouldn’t really be considered proper lesson plans, but watching that made me realize how many teacher’s I’d seen that focus on “how” rather than “why”, and that even my steaming pile of a lesson that day might have had something to offer. [...]

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