Helping Students See How Graphs Work / Global Math Department

Helping Students See How Graphs Work

Presented by: Heather Johnson

Students see graphs in their daily lives. Students interpret and create graphs in math classes. But, what do students think graphs represent? I share how we can guide students to see beyond what graphs look like, and help students to understand how graphs can represent relationships. We will explore an interactive graphing activity that I developed in collaboration with Dan Meyer and the Desmos team. Three key takeaways: How students think about task attributes matters; Focus students on the whole and the parts; Two graphs are better than one.

Check out a recent Edutopia post about Heather Johnson’s work: https://www.edutopia.org/article/helping-students-see-how-graphs-work

Hosted by: Jessica Bogie

Note: Watch the full presentation at: https://www.bigmarker.com/GlobalMathDept/Helping-Students-See-How-Graphs-Work

Presented on April 17, 2018