Tag: mathematics

Factoring Squares
Jan 24

Factoring Squares

Professor Kipka explains how to recognize and factor polynomials that are perfect squares. Click here to watch this video in a new tab. Click here to download the transcript of this video

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Factoring By Grouping
Jan 24

Factoring By Grouping

Professor Kipka explains how to factor polynomials with four terms using the ‘Factor by Grouping’ method. Click here to watch this video in a new tab. Click here to download the transcript of this video

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Expanding Squares
Jan 24

Expanding Squares

Professor Kipka explains how to expand perfect squares using geometry. Click here to watch this video in a new tab Click here to download the transcript of this video

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Difference of Squares Examples
Jan 24

Difference of Squares Examples

Professor Kipka shows examples of how to recognize and factor polynomials that are the difference of squares. For example (a squared) – (b squared). Use this link to open the video is a separate tab. Click here to download the transcript of this video  

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Factoring Using the Bottoms Up Method
Jan 24

Factoring Using the Bottoms Up Method

Professor Jen Gorman explains a strategy for factoring called the “Bottoms Up Method.”  This is a useful alternative to the AC Method and can factor polynomials that start with terms such as (3x squared) Click here to play this video in a new window Click here to download the transcript of this video

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Campus Colloquium: Professor Ray DeWitt presents "The Relationship Between Cognition and the Affective Domain (especially self-confidence) in Mathematics"
Jan 30

Campus Colloquium: Professor Ray DeWitt presents “The Relationship Between Cognition and the Affective Domain (especially self-confidence) in Mathematics”

Dr. DeWitt will discuss the development of the affective domain (feelings and emotions) with learners.  Then he will discuss the relationship between cognition and this affective domain, as it pertains to mathematics, and the recent findings of his research here at Lake Superior State University. Friday, January 24, 2020, at 3 pm in the LSSU…

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