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Carol,

I just wanted to share with you how much fun I have had with
_some_ of my students trying to encourage: group cooperation and
communication; problem solving; and writing down the _process_.

The other day one of my students came in with a problem from her
math teacher (not from me) for extra credit.  She wanted to work
on it during my period with my help.  I looked at her problem and
told her I wouldn't help until she had drawn a picture of the problem.
She did so, and then we put it on the chalkboard, and tried out some
different strategies.  Every time a student came by and wanted
to get invovled, I made the girl explain: what she knew, what she didn't
know, assumptions, and what we wanted to find out.  I helped her
in a dead end strategy and ended up letting her and another student
figure out the answer. And they each could explain the strategy.

It doesn't sound like much, but I have few students who are interested
in math, even less _like_ it, so it was a real treat for me!

So thank you for your work.  Like many teachers, math is just one
of the things I teach, and Math Magic is teaching ME about the new
math standards adopted and helping me implement them with my students.

Once again, thanks for your work, and thanks to everyone who's 
participated.

Happy holidays!
Julie


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