Math autobiography assignment
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Homework Stories: Observing Student Thinking.
Written by:Dr. Christine von Renesse.
Assignments
Students need to practice their reasoning skills and learn how to present an argument in writing.
Math autobiography activity
Once a week my students write up in detail the solution to one of the problems we have been working on during the week. I like to pick a question that reveals the main mathematical idea or a problem that connects several ideas with each other.
This assignment also gives the students a chance to reflect about their strategies and find holes in their arguments.
I want my students to learn how to write about their thinking.
Mathematicians and their contributionsOften mathematics homework is just a collection of numbers and variables with little to no explanation. The reader then has to guess what the student might have thought and feedback and grading is arbitrary at best.
Since I don't want that, my assignments have to be written in full sentences, explain every computational step in detail and convey the mathematical