Comments on I Want to Teach Forever: Teaching Domain and Range (with a little help from...

You clearly understand what it means to make sure ...

2011-11-29T21:28:33.838-06:00

You clearly understand what it means to make sure that kids WANT TO be at school. Sounds like your group is learning through your inspiration and passion. Nothing is cooler.
I started teaching 3 years ago because my 5th-6th grade teacher inspired me to love learning simply by helping me remember synonyms with the tune of Yankie Doodle.. Whether you know it or not, you are changing lives.

I am preparing my 11th graders for our state stand...

2011-09-02T17:48:47.261-05:00

I am preparing my 11th graders for our state standardized test (RI) and decided to try this. I started just with playing the instrumental track from the song unannounced in the background from a youtube karaoke video of the song. I swear not more than one bar of music had played when one student started singing along and another asked me "how do YOU know this song?". After I let them groove for a few minutes and get in the mood of the music, then I handed out the lyrics. I had changed the name (Mr D) to my own name. They started right in singing the fake lyrics. One of my students is an accomplished singer and she led everyone. It was fantastic. Now everyone knows "from the left to the right - that's the domain from the left to the right." What a hit!

Glad I could help. My book Ten Cheap Lessons has a chapter all about getting the most out of songs and music in the classroom (featuring this lesson as an example), so it might be a good place for more ideas. Thank you!

Thank you for the song! This coupled with some ot...

2010-07-03T07:32:08.942-05:00

Thank you for the song! This coupled with some other things that I am doing in class will certainly help to solidify their knowledge base when it comes to Math topics. BTW, I am planning on using a song for as many lessons as I can find!

SO I'm taking a final in my algebra and trig c...

2010-04-29T03:36:01.850-05:00

SO I'm taking a final in my algebra and trig class in college, its 4am and Im stuck on domain and range this really helped thanks

I've tried the song in my Math Support classes...

2009-09-17T11:02:17.383-05:00

I've tried the song in my Math Support classes. The students are very engaged with it, especially since they recognize the tune. To the previous poster, I believe songs can be a way to help reinforce or introduce a topic. It takes multiple representations in order to reach all students.

This type of teaching does not really teach for tr...

2009-09-06T20:36:49.715-05:00

This type of teaching does not really teach for true understanding. Do the kids really understand what they are singing about or is it just a way to temporarily memorize the topic? This may help them pass the coming up test but how much is retained and applied in other ways? We need to think of ways that engages them in thinking and understanding.

I thought of a good mnemonic for domain and range....

2008-11-11T11:38:00.000-06:00

I thought of a good mnemonic for domain and range... don't know how appropriate it is, but it's the best I've got!

Your DOMAIN is where you live - until your X takes it! The RANGE of what he/she takes will make you ask Y, oh, Y!

You're awesome! Thank you for this idea on domain...

2008-11-08T19:40:00.000-06:00

You're awesome! Thank you for this idea on domain and range.