Operation: Save Aunt Sally

Autor/inn/en	Zorin, Barbara; Carver, David, Jr.
Titel	Operation: Save Aunt Sally
Quelle	In: Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 20 (2015) 7, S.438-440 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-0839
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Secondary School Mathematics; Middle School Students; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Teaching Methods; Early Adolescents; Educational Games; Mathematics Skills; Student Attitudes; Instructional Effectiveness; Mnemonics; Algebra + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Educational game; Lernspiel; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schülerverhalten; Unterrichtserfolg; Mnemotechnik
Abstract	In grade 6, students should be able to "perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole-number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order" (p. 44). In grades 7 and 8, the rules of order of operations are used to simplify progressively complicated expressions and in solving equations (CCSSM 2010). Students are frequently offered the age-old mnemonic Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (PEMDAS) to help them remember the order of operations. Alternative approaches to instruction and remediation can mitigate the fatigue that students may feel regarding topics that have been discussed in previous classes. Although most adolescents entering middle school can quote the PEMDAS mnemonic (or a variation) verbatim, remembering its form is not equivalent to conceptual understanding or proficiency with its function. As a means of re-introducing and reinforcing proficiency with the order of operations, this article presents a game called Operation: Save Aunt Sally. Activity sheets are provided. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01