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Welcome everyone!!

This is an experimental wikisite that is dedicated to using dice as a math tool. I use dice to create problems, having students write their own problems teaches them the predictability of the patterns that are found in math practices.

Using dice to randomize the numbers, and giving students a formula for creating practices also gives students a low-pressure (notice I didn't say no-pressure due to natural competition) environment to work in. There is no "number 10," to race to. There is only the student, the formula, and the dice. I'm not going to lie and say that the low-scoring students don't notice that the high-scoring students complete more than they do - but I am saying that without the pressure of an assigned number of problems my low-scoring students look, more closely, at their own work.

~*~ 4th grade~*~ By Concept By Standard