Due Monday, September 18
Everyone’s HOT topics are improving! Two steps of the 6-point problem-solving framework that can be tricky to begin with are Observations and Questions. You want to make observations and ask questions that are specific to the problem you’re trying to solve and that can actually help you solve the problem.
For this week’s group assignment, as a group:
- Dig out the question sheet from a previous week’s HOT topic session.
- Locate the question that aligns with Standard 3: Factor a quadratic expression. (Hint: you’re looking for the word “factor” in the instructions; then you’re looking for a quadratic expression.)
- The Context step might look something like:
- Factoring
- Polynomials
- Quadratic expressions
- Division and multiplication of algebraic expressions
- Any other ideas you have!
- For the Observations step, list 10 different observations that are specific to the problem you are trying to solve.
- For the Questions step, list 10 different questions you can ask that are specific to this problem (not just questions you could ask about any problem).
- The group secretary will post only your Context, Observations, and Questions steps with the title Week 3 group n post (where n is your group number) and select the category Week 3 group post. Don’t forget to include the list of members who contributed to the group post!
You don’t have to actually solve the full problem with all six steps for this week’s group post; you’re just working on maxing out the Observations and Questions steps. You can always check the workbook for ideas for the six steps.
Team members:
Standard 3: Factor a quadratic expression
Question 7: Factor the expression and simplify your answer as much as possible
59b^2 – 12b – 5 = ?
Context:
Observations:
Questions:
MEMBERS
Rainer G.
Emmanuel K.
Gelber G. .
Emmanuel O.-
.Carlos A.
Leonardo R.
Elias S.
Problem 7 ( Week 9/7): 15u^2+17u+4
Context:
Factoring , Polynomials , Exponents and Addition
Observations:
Questions: