Friday, December 9, 2022

Math Links for Week Ending Dec 9th, 2022

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In this little demonstration, @Howie_Hua give's one reason why you shouldn't think of your percentage grades as the be all end all. But I think the bigger issue is that there is a perception that because we can grade things to the precision of 10ths of a percent (or smaller) that somehow the grading is also that accurate. But also the reverse is true. Using his example, if you mark something 3/4 or 3.5/4 that's a swing of 75% to 87.5 %. That is not very precise when giving the grade but by reporting via a percent it seems like it is. And then when you start to average all those grades the precision seems to get better. But even more so, I always ask teachers at the end of the year, if you have two grades, one of 72% and one of 74%, can you articulate why one is better than the other? I would argue no. And go as far as saying that if you have a student who's grade is 75% that it may be precise to the nearest percent but it's probably only accurate to +/- 5%. So if you are pining about giving a student 79% or 80%. Understand that it could just as easily be 75% or 85% with the same student ability. 
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https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1600647978699542530

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The NCTM calendar problems have already been a great resource and I have been reminded of them by @KarenCampe who's giving us a nostalgic look at the December set from 1992
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https://karendcampe.wordpress.com/2022/12/03/december-calendar-problems/






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I've been a fan of Cliff Stoll for years and especially of his Klein bottles. Now you can see how they are made:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdLXvJ8wFY4


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It seem's @Howie_Hua has been making Elf on the Shelf memes.
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https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1600610913307926528
https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1600315280156024832


I like this one because you can do it via many calculations or you can actually see some nice symmetries to show you have four squares.
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https://twitter.com/KH2020H0/status/1599840454920413184

        

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