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Direct linkTaff, Jason – Mathematics Teacher, 2017
In this article, Jason Taff shares an approach that he presented to advanced seventh-grade prealgebra students. He begins by summarizing some of the shortcomings of equating the order of operations concept with the PEMDAS (often rendered mnemonically as "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally") procedure with the hope of helping teachers at…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Mnemonics
