Dad, Husband, Math Teacher @Desmos @DesmosClassroom Fellow he/him ❤ Volleyball and Crochet @jedbutler@mathstodon.xyz

Murrieta CA
Joined May 2012
FWIW with my AP Calc students we used area model division, long division can work but the area model helps track and self check better IMO. (mathrecreation.com/2009/03/d…, youtube.com/watch?v=8cQaRvh-…) #iteachmath
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Happy to be a father and be with the man that taught me how to be a father. #happyfathersday to all the dads out there.
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Here's a video showing how it would not overlap, meaning there's an error, then showing it fixed to have the overlap @desmos for the win
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B) B) Graph left hand side of equation and right had side of equation in @desmos make sure that graphs over lap as you go. If they don't then errors are present in algebra steps
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Simplifying Square Roots, even numerically always made me feel like I leaned on procedural steps too much. Here's an adapted visual in @Desmos I find helpful: desmos.com/calculator/wpkuhf… #iteachmath #mathisvisual #mtbos
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What are you doing right now? Playing around with the new #DesmosGeometryBeta? Me too! desmos.com/geometry-beta/ #iteachmath @Desmos
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“Facts end, conjectures extend” my takeaway from @MathforLove #CMCMath #CMCCommunity
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This is what a good play type frame looks for a math class from @MathforLove #cmcs2022
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Replying to @howie_hua
Circles with chord/secant/tangent measures.
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