Mr. Katz's Home Page

Updated: 11/22/2003

	Welcome!
Exploration Here in Room 202 we explore, we question, we make mistakes...and we learn. Mathematics, the science of pattern and order, helps us size up the world around us. We look at real-world math examples from our everyday lives, and apply them to the concepts we're learning.

Problem Solving and Practice Our primary means of discovery is problem solving. Every day we tackle problems - in groups and individually - and investigate solutions to see what they tell us. Once we recognize concepts, we seek to understand procedures to help us increase our problem solving efficiency. Practice is a big part of this learning, and daily work, including homework, is devoted to practice to reinforce numeracy (numerical literacy), efficiency and confidence.

Technology Once we understand concepts and procedures (for example: finding mean, median and mode, graphing equations, or using the quadratic formula), we use technology to do more of the "number crunching" so that we can practice critical thinking. We use Graphing Calculators (here's one you can download for your PC), Spreadsheet applications (Excel, MS Works, ClarisWorks, they are all fine), Geometer's Sketchpad and Stella to investigate and model algebraic problems and their solutions. And don't forget Math Gizmos!

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