Day 45 - Rational Roots Theorem

Most of the class started the basics behind Rational Roots Theorem. The issue that many of them were having came with the proof that I used for the lesson. I did not intend for them to learn the proof or even understand it for that matter. I simply aimed to give them an idea of where Rational Roots Theorem came from. I liken it to Pythagorean Theorem. Most students do not know how the PT was derived, but know that it works and use it. It's safe that to say that only 1 out of my 21 students actually understood the proof for the theorem. It does not matter as long as they understood my next video on how to apply the theorem. This video got much better results and students were better able to understand the point of using Rational Roots Theorem.

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• Due to the fact that I have a student that wants to be a math teacher, I am training him to become my assistant in the class to get a firsthand view of what it is like to teach mathematics. He stayed after school to work on getting ahead of other students on the material so that he can better help them in class.

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