#teaching math

Things That Are Changing

I am less anxious about basic math.

I have more tools for doing basic arithmetic problems.

I'm better at identifying which will be the fastest or easiest tool for any given problem.

I can more quickly and easily ID when an exact answer is needed or when an estimate will suffice.

I'm marginally better at noticing when an answer can't be correct.

Things That Are Not Changing

I still transpose numbers frequently.

I still transpose operations frequently (adding when I should subtract, dividing when I should multiply, etc.)

I still have initial anxiety when looking at a math problem, before the "oh yeah, I have more tools for addressing this now" kicks in.

I still frequently mix up my right and my left.

My sense of direction is still bad.

I cracked Maths - No Problem! Textbook 4A today, putting me halfway through the series. I'm making this list for future reference, because I suspect the things that aren't changing will continue to not change.

Better math education won't change the fact that I have dyscalculia. I didn't expect it to, but I also didn't know what it would or wouldn't change. When I started this, I didn't know where my dyscalculia ended and my poor math education or math anxiety began.

Bro is dead💀

I just started playing Cult of the Lamb and I loved the knucklebones mini game so much. It's addition and simple multiplication and would be great for those just starting to learn multiplication. (Play here, wiki here)

Solving Equations with Fractions | Algebra | LThMath

Continuing with solving equations (an important aspect of understanding algebra and many other topics in mathematics). In this video I am looking at the adding and subtracting fractions and how understanding them helps us understand how to solve equations involving fractions. This is the second video in a series of videos that focuses on solving equations. We are continuing our journey towards…

Discovering that numbers have patterns and relationships is absurdly exciting to me. If someone had told me this at any time in my childhood, I might not have feared and hated math so much.

So I printed this 1-100 number chart I found online and colored it. Numbers 2-9 are each assigned a color, in rainbow-esque order (pink, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, indigo, violet). Each square has a stripe representing each color it is a multiple of/can be evenly divided by. When I ran out of stripes, I finished filling in the square with the final stripe to indicate "that's as far as this number goes."

Is it useful? idk. Was it fun? Very much so.