Sunday, December 28, 2008

Friday, December 5, 2008

Week 1 5 Jan - 9 Jan 2009

Arithmetic Sequences

A sequence is a set of numbers in a specific order. What this means is that the set of numbers can be put into a one-to-one correspondence with the Counting Numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, ... ). Thus, you can talk about the 1st element (or term) in a sequence or the 10th element in a sequence or the 101st element in a sequence.


An arithmetic sequence is a sequence in which the difference between any two consecutive terms is the same, i.e., the difference is a constant.

Arithmetic sequences frequently occur in problem solving situations.


Examples

The sequence that begins 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, . . . is an arithmetic sequence since the difference between consecutive terms is always 3.


The sequence that begins 8, 6, 4, 2, 0, -2, -4, . . . is an arithmetic sequence since the difference between consecutive terms is always -2.


In order to identify if a pattern is an arithmetic sequence you must examine consecutive terms. If all consecutive terms have a common difference you can conclude that the sequence is arithmetic.

Consider the sequence:
4, 11, 18, 25, 32, . . .

Since:

11 - 4 = 7

18 - 11 = 7

25 - 18 = 7

32 - 25 = 7

the sequence is arithmetic. We can continue to find subsequent terms by adding 7. Therefore, the sequence continues:
39, 46, 53, etc.
The Formula for the nth Term in an Arithmetic Sequence

Consider the following table and look for a pattern:


Term 1 4
Term 2 4 + 7 = 4 + (1 X 7) = 11
Term 3 11 + 7 = 4 + 7 + 7 = 4 + (2 X 7) = 18
Term 4 18 + 7 = 4 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 4 + (3 X 7) = 25
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Term 12 4 + (11 X 7) = 81
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Term n = 4 + [(n - 1) X 7]

The same strategy can be used with any arithmetic sequence.

If the first term is designated by the letter a, and the common difference is designated by the letter d,
The nth term of an arithmetic sequence
= a + [(n - 1) X d]
Using The Formula

Use the formula to find the 8th term of the sequence that begins with 11 and has a common difference of 4.

In this example, a = 11 (the first term), d = 4 (the common difference), and n = 8 (the term we are looking for).You can calculate the 8th term using the formula:Term 8 = 11 + [(8 - 1) X 4] = 11 + [7 X 4] = 11 + 28 = 39

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Monday, December 1, 2008

Teaching and learning Calender 2009

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PERSEDIAN TAHUN 2008

Persedian Tahun 2009 saya mulakan pada 1 dis 2008. Saya akan mengemaskini laman blog yang lama kepada bentuk paparan sekarang. Telah lama saya mengidam mempunyai laman blog sendiri dengan harapan semua bahan yang saya ada akan dapat dikongsi bersama-sama rakan guru yang lain dan seluruh pelajar diseluruh malaysia mahupun seluruh dunia.Semuga laman blog ini akan lebih memberi manafat. Teringat kata-kata Allahyarham Dato Razali Ismail Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran dalam ucaputamanya di Majlis Persidangan Tahunan Jemaah Nazir dan Jaminan Kualiti ke 46 yang sempat saya hadiri.Dato menyatakan bahawa kalau dahalu orang mengatakan "Knowledge is power" sekarang ni ia patut diubah kepada "Knowledge sharing is power".Itulah dakwah terakhir dato agaknya kerana pada jam 10.30 beliau merasmikan persidangan sebelum beliau pergi ke IAB untuk satu majlis yang lain. Masih terdengar-dengar ucapannya agar semua warga pendidikan mencontohi rasullah dalam menyampaikan dakwahnya. Amalkan sifat Siddik, Amanah, Tabliq dan fattanah.Seluruh warga pendidikan memang terasa kehilangan Dato. Alfatihah ...Semuga allah mencucuri rahmat keatas roh Dato.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Mathematics education

Mathematics education is a term that refers both to the practice of teaching and learning mathematics, as well as to a field of scholarly research on this practice. Researchers in math education are in the first instance concerned with the tools, methods and approaches that facilitate practice and/or the study of practice. However mathematics education research, known on the continent of Europe as the didactics of mathematics has developed into a fully fledged field of study, with its own characteristic concepts, theories, methods, national and international organizations, conferences and literature. This article describes some of the history, influences and recent controversies concerning math education as a practice.

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