Friday, April 3, 2015

No more "problems" with this mini poster

I've got 99 problems, but math ain't 1.
I couldn't help myself ;)
It bothers me so much that we call them math "problems". There is just such negative connotation that immediately erupts from that word. Unfortunately, decades of teaching not to mention all of our math text books are riddled with the word "problems".
In our classroom, we call them "scenarios" and "solutions". It has a much more positive spin doesn't it?

It almost sounds like a mystery or story- a scene, if you will. To tag onto this, I've created "My Scenario & Solutions Strategy Poster".