Real World Math Challenges!

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Diana D.
Diana D.
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This site is free and offers a lot of resources for teachers. I really like the challenge problems because they really do help the students make those real world connections and help them to understand the purpose of what they are learning. My only issue was that it took forever to download the materials but it could have been my computer or internet connection. It was definitely worth the wait!

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More often than not we here students complain that what we do isn't relevant to the real world. Well this site helped me to show my students how the math we use is used on a daily basis in the real world. They have these great daily challenges that offer additional problems for the students who are ahead of the curve. They work for small and large groups as well as if you assigned them as homework. Next year I may assign the additional problems as extra credit from time to time.

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Gloria E.
Gloria E. Associate Professor
June 12, 2013

No interactivity but extremely good real-world scenarios to supplement you content.

Real-world scenarios are excellent when asking students to apply concepts learned. However, "Figure This: Math Challenges for Families" is text-based which means no interactivity, no sound, no multimedia (although PowerPoint presentation is included), and no feedback. As such, ELL students and low literacy students will need a great deal of support. A good teacher can make the scenarios interesting and even exciting, so using it as supplemental materials would work, especially since a large portion of the PDF files are available in Spanish also. Not as exciting as other websites, but definitely prepares students for items on standardized tests.
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