{"id":26492,"date":"2017-12-03T18:08:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T18:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=26492"},"modified":"2017-12-03T18:08:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T18:08:18","slug":"math-working-down-the-page-vs-across","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/math-working-down-the-page-vs-across\/","title":{"rendered":"Math: working down the page vs across"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tutoring math, you encounter presentation methods. The tutor explains which is best.<\/h1>\n

At the high school level, math should be worked down the page, rather than across. Example:<\/p>\n

\n2x – 7 = 11
\n2x = 18
\nx = 9\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

not<\/p>\n

\n2x – 7 = 11 \u2192 2x = 18 \u2192 x = 9\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Reasons for working downward rather than across:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. For the student, tracking the progress is much easier.<\/li>\n
  2. For the teacher, tracking the steps the student used is much easier.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I bring up that working downward is better, because this morning my wife told my older son, “Your father tells you to work down the page, and he’s absolutely right.”<\/p>\n

    My wife claiming I’m right is so rare, I think it’s newsworthy.<\/p>\n

    Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tutoring math, you encounter presentation methods. The tutor explains which is best. At the high school level, math should be worked down the page, rather than across. Example: 2x – 7 = 11 2x = 18 x = 9 not …<\/p>\n

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