Testimonial: "Freshmen Begging to Factor"

Valerie Muller, a mathematics teacher in Greenville County, SC, has had a very positive experience with using Gizmos in her classroom, in particular the Algebra Tiles Gizmo. In a recent email , she writes,

[ExploreLearning] continues to be one of the best "interactive products" available. I use it with my LCD projector as a demo in my algebra I class — students love the algebra tiles and really identify with the visual image. Since I have a SmartBoard, manipulating the algebra tiles to factor trinomials is a "can I be next" experience. Isn't that funny: freshmen begging to factor?

Considering how factoring is an anathema to most math students (I know it was for me), I don't think you can have a better testimonial to for what Gizmos bring to the math classroom than what Valerie reports Greenville. Freshmen begging to factor. Superb.

Thanks for sending that in, Valerie. And thanks for using Gizmos!