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Introduction to Intercepts – Mini-lesson with Scaffolded Section for Computing
Here is a link to the document, with images showing the notes. This is a mini-lesson with the following components. A fill in the blank for writing the lesson objective. A Do now which serves as an initiation to the lesson. The y-intercept can be discussed in the context of buying 0 slices of pizza…
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Interpreting Slope Intercept
Slope is one of the most important topics covered in high school algebra yet it is one of the least understood concepts. I have two observations about this. First, slope is often introduced with the formula and not as a rate of change. Second, students intuitively understand slope as rate of change conceptually when presented…