The March Calendar of Problems is here! Enjoy some #ProblemSolving yourself or with students. Let us know your thoughts & working-out here or on post.

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March Calendar Problems

It is March, and spring can’t come quickly enough for my friends in the northeast US. No matter what the weather, I have the March 2001 Calendar of Problems from 25 years ago for your problem…

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Time for winter #ProblemSolving! Here's the February Calendar of Problems for you and your students.

Tell us your working out here or on the post. ENJOY!
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February Calendar Problems

February is here and if you need a distraction from winter ❄️ weather, I have the February 2016 Calendar of Problems from 10 years ago for your wintertime problem solving enjoyment. I have a few mo…

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January Calendar Problems

Happy New Year and welcome to 2026! Here is the January 1998 Calendar of Problems from 28 years ago for some wintertime problem solving enjoyment. I have a few more old Mathematics Teacher1&nb…

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New blog post: "Go For Geometry! 8 Congruence Motions" using translation and reflection tools in dynamic #geometry technology.
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https://karendcampe.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/go-for-geometry-8/

Go For Geometry! 8

Using Dynamic Technology to Build Understanding ◊ Episode 8: Congruence Motions◊ It’s time for congruent triangles in Geometry class! One of my favorite ways to get students prepared for the congru…

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@paysmaths LOVE LOVE LOVE the power of a point. It helps generalize several theorems that students typically learn separately.
Wrote about it here:
https://karendcampe.wordpress.com/2023/10/13/one-big-rule-to-rule-them-all/

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One “Big Rule” To Rule Them All

We were talking online1 recently about parallel lines that are intersected by a transversal, and that there are multiple ways a student could justify that two particular angles were congruent. Sinc…

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Happy new #ProblemSolving year! The January Calendar of #math problems is posted!!
Enjoy them w/your students or yourself--please share your thinking & solutions here or on the post.

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January Calendar Problems

Happy New Year and welcome to 2026! Here is the January 1998 Calendar of Problems from 28 years ago for some wintertime problem solving enjoyment. I have a few more old Mathematics Teacher1&nb…

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Solutions to the December #ProblemSolving calendar are posted!
Be sure to check for January calendar to start the new year.
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December Calendar Problems

The year is flying by and December is upon us! I had planned to share a December calendar of problems from the early 2000s, but I was digging around and realized that 2025 is the 40th anniversary o…

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Here's the December Calendar of Problems from 40 years ago... the first year of the calendar format!!

Enjoy #ProblemSolving this month yourself or w/students; share thinking here or on the post.

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December Calendar Problems

The year is flying by and December is upon us! I had planned to share a December calendar of problems from the early 2000s, but I was digging around and realized that 2025 is the 40th anniversary o…

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Hope everyone gave thanks this past week for their loved ones and also... the #ProblemSolving calendar!
Solutions are posted for November, and the December calendar is coming tomorrow.
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November Calendar Problems

Wow, November has blown in with some wild weather, but at least we can get an extra hour of sleep tonight as we “fall back” to standard time. It’s a busy month at school, as the f…

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Attached: 1 image 1/10 #MathsMonday This #Mathematics article came across my feed, about how #Maths #teachers teach #Math - https://teamone.msuurbanstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Skemp-Relational-Instrumental-clean-copy-AT-1978.pdf - where it is quite clear that the author didn't bother asking any actual teachers about it(!), and the assumption made is completely wrong (could've saved himself all that effort if he'd just checked his #facts first #misinformation). First I'm going to address some of the wrong claims, then I will go through the actual reasons, which we DO actually teach...

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