DocFish: A Card Game with Factoring
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| Title: | DocFish: A Card Game with Factoring |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Fishman, Daniel M. |
| Source: | Mathematics Teacher. May 2010 103(9):656-662. |
| Availability: | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1502. Tel: 800-235-7566; Tel: 703-620-3702; Fax: 703-476-2970; e-mail: orders@nctm.org; Web site: http://www.nctm.org/publications/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Student Participation, Mathematical Concepts, Multiplication, Educational Games, Memorization, Algebra, Secondary School Mathematics |
| ISSN: | 0025-5769 |
| Abstract: | Games can be a valuable tool for a mathematics teacher. Students who dislike mathematics and are not engaged in class never get to experience the exhilaration that accompanies hard work and real accomplishment in mathematics; they usually experience only the frustration that accompanies enforced and futile effort. Game playing is a way to engage this group of students. This article describes DocFish, a variation on the game of Go Fish, which helps students memorize multiplication facts but also become familiar with procedures used to simplify radicals, and discusses how to play DocFish using prime factors. (Contains 6 figures.) |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Number of References: | 1 |
| Entry Date: | 2010 |
| Access URL: | https://www.nctm.org/eresources/article_summary.asp?URI=MT2010-05-656a&from=B |
| Accession Number: | EJ886971 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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