...I have received awards for my excellence in math during high school. I took honors and AP classes for all of my math classes and made As in Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus AB, and AP Calculus BC. I have made As in all of my college and high school science courses including Biology, Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics 1 and 2. (read more)
...A student may not understand why 0.3 is greater than 0.25, but they know why three dimes are worth more than two dimes and a nickel. Another is to present a simpler problem with the same concept, such as posing 1/3 + 1/4 to a student who answers 7/12 + 4/5 = 11/17. Yet another is to consider an extreme case. (read more)