Math with Mr. Lobovits

In class on Tuesday, students tackled complex mathematical word problems by role-playing them and using hands-on materials.  Then after physically experiencing the problems, students attempted to use two visual strategies to find data about their experiences and identify underlying patterns.   The patterns in turn allowed them to solve similar problems that dealt with larger numbers.  The most useful visual representation seemed to be a chart, but modelling came a close second.  It was a challenge for many of the students to turn the experience into recordable data, but we will continue to take on the challenge and develop our chart and model making skills.