Comments on: Nike Running 1 (#3ACT)

By: Michael Fenton

Michael Fenton — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 05:55:38 +0000

They are very, very similar. They were two (slightly) different approaches to presenting the problem, and I ended up being unhappy with both of them. I still think there are some great proportional reasoning problems hidden there, so I've reworked the approach/presentation of the problems and called it .

By: Leah Segal (@elbee818)

Leah Segal (@elbee818) — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:15:37 +0000

Nike Running 2A and 2B look the same to me – am I just not looking closely enough?

In answer to #6. “Farther is an adverb used to refer to distance, space. Further, an adjective, refers to time, quantity, or degree.” http://www.uwyo.edu/cessupport/_files/docs/ap_style_guide.pdf

By: Michael Fenton

Michael Fenton — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 23:02:16 +0000

Thanks! When you’re ready, let me know and I’ll send the revised “data collection” instructions.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 06:43:05 +0000

Can’t wait to start running again and help out with those screen shots! Keep up the awesome ideas!

By: Michael Fenton

Michael Fenton — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:17:38 +0000

Nice! Thanks for the idea. 🙂

By: Chris Shore

Chris Shore — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:53:25 +0000

Extension: Start an unknown distance away from a given location, then offer two screen shot data points, and have students determine the unknown distance.