Common Core Algebra II Unit Structure

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Well, the time has finally come to make it official. I’m quite a bit along on the new Common Core Algebra II book and I wanted to publish the first draft of the table of contents. This is what I refer to as a unit structure or curricular outline. It does not contain a list of the individual lessons, but it does contains the overall flow of the units and what the major topics/skills sets… Read more »

Statistical Simulation Programs for Download

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O.k. So, after a bit of legwork, it turns out that it is not hard to post TI-83/84 programs to this site and its not even hard to have you download them. A few days ago, I posted a document detailing three Statistics programs I wrote for the TI-83/84 to do the statistical simulations that are required in the new Common Core Algebra II. I created the simulation programs based on the simulations recommended in… Read more »

Statistical Simulation in Common Core Algebra II

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So, the statistics standards in Common Core Algebra II specify a lot of use of simulation to establish confidence intervals and other statistical measures of variability. I like these standards, but was having a hard time thinking about how to really fulfill them in a meaningful way. So, I attacked them head on. Based on work from the G.A.I.S.E. Report (google it), I created three programs for the TI-84+ operating system (they work fine on… Read more »

Polynomial Identities (or A-APR.4)

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So, I’ve been writing a bit of Common Core Algebra II lately. As a general principle, if there is a standard that PARCC had told us will be assessed on the EOY exam, then I will address it in the text. Will I nail all of the types of questions kids will see on any given standard? Absolutely not, and no other resource will either. But, I tell you. Some of these standards, such as… Read more »