How to Start the Year on a Math High
As we settle into the new school year, we find ourselves in the perfect position to set the tone in our math classes. We’ve all experienced students who are hesitant learners — they come in with the mindset that they hate math or aren’t good enough to make it through the school year. If this att...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Score Big on the ACT® With These Tried-and-True Tips for the Math Section
...help you navigate the math section as well, whether you choose to take the test online or on paper: Show work. Bring a pencil. Just like you would solve a problem in math class, I recommend putting pencil to paper and writing the steps to solve the problem. If it is a geometry problem, draw the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-19-2021-act-tips
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
Have you heard the BIG news? Python is now included in the new TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator! What does this mean for math class? Python on the handheld gives teachers a tool to teach algorithmic thinking, provide authentic opportunities for problem solving, and enhance mathematical re...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
...re I was a “CAS fan” when first introduced to it. I didn't necessarily want my AP® Calculus students to find derivatives, or my algebra students to solve equations simply by pushing buttons. Thankfully over time, my vision for CAS and its utility has grown. CAS isn't only a way to find the ans...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...to make sense of math in their preferred way of learning, and create classroom structures that highlight student thinking and varied approaches for solving problems, then the likelihood of all students feeling valued, engaged and learning math would likely skyrocket. As is the case today, instru...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...ove for my Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculator in high school helped to launch an engineering career at TI. From 2+2=4, graphing y=mx+b and solving complex integrals/derivatives, my TI graphing calculator and I have been through a lot together. (I even posed with it in my graduation photo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
Teachers are always keeping an eye out for stimulating activities that can get students more involved in their lessons. With Halloween just around the corner, these crowd-pleasing activities offer great opportunities to turn class time into good, ghoulish fun — while still delivering instruction...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
Texas Instruments (TI) teamed up with NASA earlier this year to host the TI Codes Contest, where students could compete in teams to put their programming, problem-solving and creativity into practice in a space-themed challenge. We asked students to think of ways to improve a process or product...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
... With this information, along with the current gold prices, students can calculate how valuable (financially, of course) a gold medal is versus a silver medal. Students can find the historical value of gold per ounce (interactive chart below), and see what years would be a better year to win. H...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
...orado Springs, Colorado, programmed their TI-Innovator™ Rovers to do a choreographed dance. Another one of the STEM Squad’s favorite activities involves helping students learn how to program robotic cars to navigate through a 3D-printed city we call Math-hattan. Students at Parkville Middl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
...particularly in a male-dominated field like robotics. One shining exemplar of ours is Ayesha Mayhugh, a Texas Instruments engineer and volunteer involved in this year’s Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Cookie Box Creations contest. The Cookie Box Creations contest teams up middle and high school g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...e line. Students should recognize that the y-intercept is always the constant being added (or subtracted) to the term that contains x when solved for y. Also, notice how color is used as a teaching tool to assist students in recognizing patterns, spanning pre-algebra through calculus. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...ith Unit 1 during the Hour of Code challenge the next school year and continued throughout the year. My students loved it. They enjoyed the problem-solving aspect as well as seeing their hard work displayed on the handheld screen. I then started a STEM club. This club met once a week, and we co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...e™ CX II graphing calculator. However, all of the projects can also be completed using the TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator. The projects involving the TI-Innovator™ Hub include code adjustments (see inline comments or the files provided). Let's dive into each of the projects in more d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
... the last area of focus for teachers is what actually happens in classrooms. Incorporating NCTM’s mathematics teaching practices, educators set themselves and students up for successful learning experiences. Selecting high-quality tasks that promote reasoning, facilitating meaningful mathematical...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
...e them isn’t an answer choice. So much for being the secret weapon! The reality is that many students lack the mathematical understanding needed to solve problems and, as a result, make conceptual errors even with the help of a calculator for computations. I find it helpful to let students explo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
... household. Make sure the Wi-Fi is not being overtaxed. AP® and College Board® are registered trademarks of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product. Policies subject to change. Visit www.collegeboard.org. About the author: Kim Th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
...s can earn the badge using the resources we have created: Self-paced. They can grab their TI calculator and start following the activities themselves. Our website has an easy-to-follow path that coaches the girls through each of the five badge requirements. Troop workshops. Troop leader...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
To STEM and Beyond!
... students are being trained and taught for jobs that haven’t even been created yet. The ever-changing technology field needs those that can problem solve, understand logic and persevere through a problem. This is what computer science and STEM offers our students. Being a chemistry teacher, my ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...ounce each student’s name is the easiest way to show that you care about them. I have started using ed tech tools that allow students to record themselves saying their name and to give me an introduction to their interests. This allows me to go back and listen to learn their names and a little mo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
... year? The obvious one is that I want them to pass the AP exam and get college credit. More importantly, I want my students to have the ability to solve problems in more than one way. I want to shift my students’ focus from being concerned with figuring out an answer, to thinking about different...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...tudents to fill the room strategically and not have to change seats after the fact, or have to call out students who chose the back or isolated themselves from the group. Prior to students entering the room, I hold a sign (below) with written directions at the door. The directions are the same me...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
...nd justification skills? In the fall of 2019, the teachers in my department began to think seriously about these questions. Our work began to revolve around a quote shared with us by Doug Roberts, our T³™ in-classroom systemic coach. He said: “My definition of a good teacher has since changed...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...term economic success [1]. Three strategies that we can use to help our students build a foundation for financial literacy are further educating ourselves, becoming familiar with financial education standards, and integrating financial literacy concepts and skills into our current curricula. In h...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...often struggle with programming, because they’ve been taught to expect straight-forward solutions. With programming, it doesn’t work that way. It involves a lot of creative problem solving and hard work, allowing students to learn an important life skill while bringing their own individuality to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month