HK2 Simultaneous Linear Equations

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This eighth grade mathematics lesson focuses on using the elimination method to solve simultaneous equations. It is the sixth session in a sequence of fifteen lessons working on solving simultaneous equations with two unknowns. The lesson is taught in Cantonese and is 42 minutes in duration. There are 40 students in the class.

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00:00:05Stand up.
00:00:18Good afternoon, class.
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00:00:25While I am taking roll, put away all the things you are passing around as soon as possible.
00:00:39Lo Pak Man? Chan Ka Cheong, Lo Pak Man, report to Room 201 on the twenty-first of this month, Wednesday, at 7:30 a.m.
00:00:48Otherwise the two of you will have disciplinary punishment. Is Chan Ka Cheong here?
00:00:53Pass the paper to him to see.
00:00:59Yeung Wan Chi.
00:01:00Is absent.
00:01:01Is absent? Who else?
00:01:04We have only one absentee?
00:01:13Can any of you turn in the new book today?
00:01:16Anyone?
00:01:17Yes you hear.
00:01:18If yes, you can... how many are there?
00:01:21Next time I'll tell oh!
00:01:23Only the two of you?
00:01:24Two. Okay, just bring it in tomorrow. Just the two of you...
00:01:30Why are you so late?
00:01:31(inaudible)
00:01:33What?
00:01:34I was washing the glasses.
00:01:38Are you ready? Open your books.
00:01:48Before we start on a new topic today, we will take a look at what we have done yesterday.
00:02:00Yesterday, we should have stopped on 22, right?
00:02:02(inaudible)
00:02:05How can it be number 24?
00:02:06Twenty-two.
00:02:07Twenty-three.
00:02:08There is a star next to number 23. I did not tell you to do it.
00:02:13First of all, are there any special questions?
00:02:16No.
00:02:17Are there?
00:02:18No.
00:02:19Raise your hand if you have questions.
00:02:21If not, I will ask some of you to come up and try some of the questions.
00:02:28Are there any questions on question number 20 with the star?
00:02:29No.
00:02:30There is nothing special about it, right? It did not look too special.
00:02:33[ Bell ]
00:02:34Uh, let's do number 20 then.
00:02:35(inaudible)
00:02:40Twenty-one and 22 are both very easy, right?
00:02:44Yes.
00:02:45Uh...
00:02:46Twenty-three.
00:02:54Twenty... how about doing number 19 and 20?
00:03:02Fung Cheuk Yue, do number 19.
00:03:22Cheung Lung Man, do number 20.
00:03:42Our class is being taped today, therefore, the light is turned off to avoid reflections. You may have a hard time looking at the blackboard.
00:04:26Are you in a hurry?
00:04:28(inaudible)
00:04:29Which is the last question you have finished?
00:04:30This one.
00:04:31Which question did I tell you to do?
00:04:33(inaudible)
00:04:40So?
00:04:41I am thinking.
00:04:42Don't, don't tell me that you don't know how to do them.
00:04:44Okay, I am thinking.
00:04:46Don't do them when I am teaching later, okay?
00:04:48Okay.
00:04:49Stay here when class is over.
00:04:50Umm.
00:04:51Did you hear me? Stay after class. Finish them for me when you stay after class.
00:05:02I don't know how to do number 20. Can you teach me?
00:05:08How to do number 20? There is nothing special about this question.
00:05:11(inaudible)
00:05:13Um... that will work too, but you will have an extra sign. Don't you think it will make it look terrible with that extra sign?
00:05:25Alternatively, you don't have to take the two T as the subject.
00:05:28You can take the T as the subject. Take the S as the subject. Then, your negative two will become a positive two when you move it to that side.
00:05:33Then 28 plus two T. It equals to three S. Divide the three from that side. That will look better.
00:05:39It will look better if you divide three from that side. There will be no signs.
00:05:43Then, substitute it to the formula number one above. Yep, don't move the S, move the T instead.
00:05:50When you move the T to here, it will become positive. Yep. Divided by three. Erase this sentence and do it once again.
00:07:16Number 19 should be okay. Is the answer correct?
00:07:19I think it is okay.
00:07:23Number 20.
00:07:36The things that I taught yesterday were quite good. All of you seem to be getting it.
00:07:42The whole equation is multiplied by three. Be careful when you are multiplying and do not miss any terms, or else, it will be wrong. Three times three...
00:08:09Is the answer correct? No problems, right?
00:08:15Do you want to do any of the problems? Or do you want me to talk about any of them?
00:08:21Any questions?
00:08:22If not, I will- this method- this will be it for the method of substitution for now. We will start to learn another method. Let's turn to the next page. Who will clean up the blackboard?
00:08:41Turn to the next page. Eleven point three. Method of elimination [ in English ].
00:09:22Elimination in Chinese is elimination. [ in Chinese ]
00:09:29Elimination. Elimination. To eliminate something.
00:09:36Well, um... I will not talk about example number four in the book right now. I will talk about another one that is simpler, one that I have mentioned before. I have mentioned it before.
00:09:46Um, do you remember I mentioned before- in the last two classes- that you should have learned it- seen it in primary school.
00:09:53Um, it involves a big and a small number and you don't know what the numbers are.
00:09:56The sum of the big number is, for example, 20. No, the sum of the big and small numbers is 20.
00:10:04Um, the difference between the big and small numbers is, for example, eight.
00:10:08Then, you are asked to find out the big and the small numbers. Do you remember?
00:10:12At that time I said that you, um, after learning this chapter,
00:10:15you will understand why your primary school teacher told you to find the big number by adding the sum to the difference and divide it by two.
00:10:21To find the small number, you subtract the difference from the sum and divide it by two. The main point is that these are related to what I will be teaching right now.
00:10:27Okay, I will be using this example to teach. This is not included in the examples of your textbook. However, this is simpler.
00:10:33Suppose I have, um, a sample question here. You can copy it down in the book, um, in your notebook or textbook.
00:10:40Solve A plus B is equal to 20. A minus B is equal to eight. Like that.
00:10:48Well, now there are two numbers, A and B. The sum of these two numbers is 20 and their difference is eight. Is that right? It is obvious for you to see which is bigger and smaller.
00:11:00Can you see it? Which one is bigger and which one is smaller?
00:11:01A.
00:11:02Uh, Ho Wai Kwan?
00:11:05A.
00:11:06A is bigger because the second equation- in the lower equation, A minus B is equal to eight. Therefore, A should be bigger than B.
00:11:10Okay, I named the first equation as one and the second as two. Give them names. Well, we are not going to use the earlier method- the method of substitution right now.
00:11:22The method of elimination is- um, like it is named, is to decrease the number of unknowns- to decrease the number of unknowns- to eliminate the unknowns.
00:11:33In fact, this is closely related to the previous method, um, the main point that I was talking about earlier.
00:11:38Didn't I mention before that, um, when there are two unknowns in a question, it is impossible to calculate it, right?
00:11:44Well, do you remember from the previous- the previous method of substitution, you were trying to simplify two equations with two unknowns into one equation with one unknown.
00:11:56Is that right?
00:11:57Well, you can do it. In fact, the present method is using the same technique, too.
00:12:03It is also trying to create an equation with only one unknown. Okay? But the question is, how do we do that?
00:12:11The problem is how we put the two equations together. Okay, now, here is equation one and equation two. Well, you- you can see that here is two A.
00:12:22Positive A here and here. Positive B here and negative B here. Right?
00:12:27Okay, if now I want to find out A but B is blocking the way, right? So, what should I take away?
00:12:39(inaudible)
00:12:41The best is to take B away, right? Take away B and the remaining A will be easier to calculate, right?
00:12:45The problem is how do we take A away? No, sorry, how do we take away B?
00:12:48How to take away B? Okay, let's see. B is a plus sign here and a minus sign here. We have to pay attention to the plus and minus. Let me write them in color.
00:13:00Okay, it's plus and minus. A plus and A minus. In this case, let's think that there are a positive B and a negative B. If you have to eliminate it...
00:13:09If you have to eliminate it, you will add the two numbers together to eliminate it. Why? What is the sum of three plus negative three?
00:13:15Zero.
00:13:18Kam Mo Lam?
00:13:20(inaudible)
00:13:21Louder.
00:13:22Zero.
00:13:23Louder.
00:13:24Zero.
00:13:25Yes, zero, right? Right. Four minus- four plus negative four is equal to zero, right? So, now, positive B plus negative B is equal to what?
00:13:32Zero.
00:13:33Should it be zero? If it is zero then there is no B, right? Therefore, I will add these two equations together.
00:13:39Okay, how do we add these two equations together? Adding two numbers is possible, but how do we add two equations together? We add equation one into equation two.
00:13:49How do we add it? Here are two equations. There is an equal sign- equal sign in each equation. Add the left side of the equal sign to the left side of the other equal sign.
00:13:56Add the right side of the equal sign to the right side of the other equal sign. Okay? So, 20 plus what?
00:14:02Eight.
00:14:03Twenty plus eight, right? Well, on this side, 20 plus eight is equal to 28. Okay? Okay, here, this one is added into this one. What is equal to A plus A?
00:14:12Two A.
00:14:13A plus A is?
00:14:14Two A.
00:14:15Two A, right? Well, but- I said earlier that positive B plus negative B is how many?
00:14:19Zero.
00:14:20Siu Hiu Ching.
00:14:22Stand up. You should be accustomed to it.
00:14:26Zero.
00:14:27Right. Positive B plus negative B equals to zero, right? Do we need to write zero out?
00:14:29No. If you want to write it out, write positive B and negative B out. It should be understood, right?
00:14:33Well, you can see in this situation that what is left after the summation is?
00:14:37Two A equals to 28.
00:14:39What is the remaining unknown?
00:14:41A.
00:14:42A, right? Is there a B? No, it's gone. In this process we have eliminated the B. Do you understand?
00:14:50This process has eliminated the B. That is, to eliminate B, okay? This method is called elimination. Okay?
00:15:04Well, now that, um, B is eliminated, we can immediately find out A. A is...
00:15:09Fourteen.
00:15:10Fourteen, right? Okay?
00:15:11So, you will realize the reason why when we are looking for the bigger number- A is the bigger number, right? We have said earlier that it is the bigger number.
00:15:18When it is the bigger number, we need to add the sum to the difference- this is the sum and this is the difference- the sum added to the difference, is this right? What is the next step?
00:15:26The sum added to the difference and then... divided by two, right? Can you see that? That will turn out like this. Can you see that? Get it yet?
00:15:33Okay, next, how do we get the smaller number?
00:15:40We have already found one of the unknowns.
00:15:41Substitute it back into the equation.
00:15:42Right, substitute it back into the equation, right? So, fourteen will be substituted back into the equation. It is up to you to substitute it into either equation.
00:15:48Put A equals 14 into this, um, either one of the equations. Um, let's say equation two. Well, 14 minus B is equal to eight. B is equal to...
00:16:06B:00]
00:16:11Any questions?
00:16:13B:00]
00:16:27Okay?
00:16:45Here I used- I added- I used summation. The B is eliminated when I used summation. Okay?
00:16:52You may ask- you may say what if I want to eliminate the A? What should I do? What should I do to eliminate A?
00:16:59Instead of eliminating B, I want to eliminate A first. Then what should I do?
00:17:02Maybe I should teach you by using example number four in the textbook. Okay?
00:17:10The student on duty, please clean up the blackboard.
00:17:22Erase it. Erase it.
00:17:42Example number four in the textbook.
00:17:43Can I go wash my hands?
00:17:44Go. Go.
00:18:05I have taken role already.
00:18:06Thanks.
00:18:14Now the equation this time is similar to the one I have previously stated. One of them is A plus B and the other one is A minus B, right?
00:18:20Now, it is three X plus two Y and three X minus two Y, right?
00:18:24Just now, I eliminated the B- to eliminate B. So, now... if I eliminate the two Y- is there a plus and minus before Y? Is that right?
00:18:37So, I should- based on the method I have mentioned before, I should add the two equations together.
00:18:43When they are added together, positive Y and negative Y will become...? Will become zero, right?
00:18:49Okay? Well, if- I said earlier that if I don't want to cancel this one- to eliminate this one, but rather, I want to eliminate this one- this one written in yellow- I want to eliminate this.
00:18:58What should I do?
00:19:02This time, I don't want to find out X first. I want to find out Y first. If I want to solve Y, I will need to eliminate X. I will need to...
00:19:11Come in.
00:19:12I need to eliminate X first. So, in order to catch your attention, I have purposely written it in yellow.
00:19:18Well, how do we do the elimination? Pay attention. In the previous question, one is plus and one minus. In that case we add them together.
00:19:25However, are this three X and this three X positive? Okay, what do you do when you cancel the X?
00:19:33Subtract.
00:19:34Three X and three X. How do we do it?
00:19:36Move three X...
00:19:37Move three X to the other side.
00:19:38Cheng Ka Ho, what do you think we should do to eliminate X? Do you- do you have any ideas?
00:19:45Three X minus three X.
00:19:46Three X minus three X will be zero. Subtraction. So we- that is correct. It will work out by subtracting the two equations from each other.
00:19:58Now, when you are doing the subtraction- this is easy- 19 minus 11 is equal to what? Eight, right? Right?
00:20:04Well, what about here? Three X minus three X will be nothing- it will become zero, right?
00:20:09Now, pay attention. Will it be zero if this is subtracted from this? This one minus this one. Will it become zero?
00:20:14No, this one is plus and this one is minus. The two are different. One is plus two Y and the other is minus two Y.
00:20:19So, if you really subtract them from each other, it will become two Y minus negative two Y, right? You should take- take the whole positive two Y minus two negative Y, right?
00:20:28You will find out that after the subtraction is- here, negative times negative is positive- it becomes four Y is equal to eight. Therefore, Y is equal to... two. Okay?
00:20:37So, pay attention to this. This will be mistaken easily- you will get this wrong easily. Therefore, put Y equals two into... either one of the equations, um, let's say... equation one.
00:20:52So, three X plus two, then times two equals 19. Three X is equal to- move four to the other side is equal to 15. X is equal to five. Therefore, the solution...
00:21:10X equals five. Y equals two. Okay?
00:21:17Any questions?
00:21:21Any questions?
00:21:26So, you can see that- in concluding the two methods- two- two, um, methods- these two examples that I have done. At the first time, I add the two equations together.
00:21:35At the second time, I subtract the two equations. It all depends on which unknown we want to eliminate. Okay? Let's say we want to eliminate Y- in fact, I can eliminate Y now.
00:21:47So we can add them together since one is positive and the other is negative.
00:21:51If both of them are positive numbers and we want to eliminate the X. In that case, we use the two- the two equations by subtracting each other. Okay?
00:22:03In fact, you can control it yourself- which one you want to calculate- which one to calculate first. Okay? Any questions? Well, it is now your chance to try it out.
00:22:13Open your class workbook. Turn to...
00:22:21Exercise 11 B. Page 119. Well, try out number one to four.
00:22:27[ Bell ]
00:22:28One to four first.
00:22:32Check the answers when you are done.
00:23:57You have to circle- to circle equation one and equation two or else it will be confused as numbers one and two, right?
00:24:22Chan Lap Man, come up and do question number two.
00:24:26Did you hear?
00:24:27Number two.
00:24:28After you have finished.
00:24:57Hey.
00:24:58Yes?
00:24:59You haven't given it a name.
00:25:00Oh, yeah, that's right.
00:26:34Chan Lap Man, hurry up.
00:26:56Question number three (inaudible).
00:26:57Come up and do question number three later.
00:27:02(inaudible)
00:27:03Yes?
00:27:05(inaudible) X is (inaudible).
00:27:06Name equation one and equation two first.
00:27:14Yep.
00:27:15You have to tell me which equation minus that equation first. How do you work this out? Two X is equal to 12.
00:27:20Addition.
00:27:21Addition. In that case, write one plus two. Equation one plus equation two. Right. Colon.
00:27:29Next, um, it is equal to six. Substitute X is equal to six back into the equation.
00:27:33This X is equal to six, so... it becomes six minus Y is 10...
00:27:42So, you move six to here and why can't you subtract them? Y can be a negative number, right? Can Y be negative four?
00:27:49Um, that is right.
00:27:53Can I erase this?
00:27:55Erase it. Erase it. Erase it.
00:27:58Erase the ones I wrote on the top too.
00:28:03Erase the ones I wrote on the top too.
00:28:05Erase example four too.
00:28:55Chan Lap Man, it is a colon after your equation one minus equation two- it's a colon, don't write it like an equal sign.
00:29:03Conversely, your equal sign is like a colon. Write the equal sign in a better way.
00:29:37Question number two is correct. Pretty well done. However there are some places that are not well written- written- written. Not clearly written.
00:29:44What is that thing down there? Is that a one- one under the (inaudible)?
00:29:48X equals to one.
00:29:49No. Here. Why is it- here- here, what is this?
00:29:53Nothing.
00:29:54You did not write that?
00:30:04Ten A equals 30.
00:30:12Three...
00:30:22Any questions?
00:30:26Are all four questions completed?
00:30:28(inaudible)
00:30:34Check your answers with the ones on the blackboard. Both of them are correct. Pretty good.
00:31:11Here. Of course you cannot find the answer by adding the two equations together. What do you expect to be eliminated by adding the two equations together? X plus X is two X.
00:31:20Six Y plus two Y is eight Y. You cannot cancel them. With six Y and two Y, no matter whether you use addition or subtraction, you cannot cancel it.
00:31:27Look, six Y plus two Y is eight Y and subtraction will leave four Y. The Y will still be there.
00:31:34On the other hand, there are two X. Both X are positive.
00:31:37If you use subtraction, the X will be cancelled. Therefore, you should never use addition- addition to calculate this question.
00:31:44If you use addition, nothing will be cancelled- nothing will be eliminated. If and only if you use subtraction, then you will make it.
00:31:51Right? Do not mindlessly use addition all the time.
00:31:53You have to see if anything will be cancelled, right? Here, it is for sure that only X will be cancelled, right?
00:32:09Finished? Raise your hand if you have not finished. Raise your hand if you have not finished.
00:32:18Raise hand.
00:32:19(inaudible)
00:32:29Take a look at the example if you have finished. Example five.
00:32:51Student on duty, clean up the blackboard.
00:32:55(inaudible)
00:32:56No, the upper one times the lower one.
00:32:58(inaudible)
00:32:59Are there any questions?
00:33:00The one on the bottom...
00:33:02Are there any questions?
00:33:14Finished yet?
00:33:20Why are you so slow?
00:33:30Hey, why are you lying on the table?
00:33:35Finished?
00:34:13I will not wait for you due to the time constraint. Stop for a moment. Calculating number four- for those of you who have not finished, are you doing number four?
00:34:22I am doing number five.
00:34:23Stop for a moment. Please take a look at example five. Page 117. Page 117.
00:34:32Now, this equation- this question is slightly different from the previous ones.
00:34:38It is because, you will find out that when you add the two equations together. Two X plus X is three X. It cannot be eliminate- eliminated- cannot eliminate the X.
00:34:51This one plus this one will leave a Y here. Three Y plus negative two Y, right? The biggest question is that this is a three but that is not a three, right.
00:35:00This is a two but that is not a two.
00:35:01This is a two but that is a one, right. If you subtract the two equations, the unknown will not be cancelled.
00:35:10When this is the case- which is quite common- of course, you can ask me whether you can use the previous method of substitution. Of course you can.
00:35:19However, we are learning the method of elimination now. So, if we have to use the method of elimination in this case, how do we do it?
00:35:26Here, the biggest question is that this is two, this is one, this is three and this is two. They are all different, right?
00:35:33If they were the same number, we could find some ways to use addition or subtraction to eliminate, is that right? Is there any way to make them the same?
00:35:39Multiplication.
00:35:40I said it yesterday. What I said yesterday is mainly for today's lesson.
00:35:44What we learned yesterday can be- of course- used to solve mathematical problems, but today we can use it too.
00:35:50If the numbers are not the same, we can think of some ways to make them bigger, right? For example, if I want to eliminate the X but this is two and this is one.
00:36:00If I turn the one into two, then, both of them will be two, right? In another words, if I turn this into two, we have multiplied it by two. Therefore, the rest of the equation will be...?
00:36:09Multiplied by two.
00:36:10Multiplied by two. Okay? So, I need to solve equation number two first. Multiplied it by two first. Okay?
00:36:18Equation two times two. After multiplied by two, the first part will be two X and what about the second part? Chan Kwan Wu, after multiplied by two- after multiplied by two...?
00:36:29The second part... uh, positive four Y.
00:36:34Four Y and then?
00:36:36Twenty-four.
00:36:37Twenty-four, right. Okay? Now, we have formed a new equation, right? Let me give it a name. Equation number three. Okay?
00:36:43So, now, I will not look at equation number two anymore.
00:36:45Since it is turned into equation number three, okay? So this is two X and that is two X too. What do we do next?
00:36:51Lo Pak Man. Should we use addition or subtraction for the two equations?
00:36:59Addition or subtraction?
00:37:02Subtraction.
00:37:03Positive two X and positive two X.
00:37:05If you want elimination, shouldn't we use subtraction? Use subtraction, okay? Two X minus two X is...?
00:37:06[ Bell ]
00:37:15Zero.
00:37:16It became zero. Two X minus two X is zero, okay? If you add them together, what will it be? Two X plus two X is what?
00:37:20(inaudible)
00:37:21Four X. In that case, the X will not be cancelled. Understand? Since both of them are positive, you will need to use subtraction. Sit down.
00:37:27So, we use this- equation one minus equation three. We will no longer use equation two.
00:37:33Equation one minus equation three. This one minus this one. After that, two X minus two X will be zero.
00:37:40So, three Y- positive three Y and this is negative four Y. Subtraction. Three Y minus negative four Y, okay? This is negative four Y and that is positive three Y.
00:37:53Equals to three minus 24. Three minus 24 looks really strange. It is a negative number, but it is okay to have a negative number. Three minus 24.
00:38:01So, let it be three minus 24. Well, next, this will become seven Y, right? How about this one?
00:38:09How many?
00:38:10Negative 21.
00:38:11Negative 21.
00:38:12Negative 21, right? So, Y is equal to...
00:38:13Negative three.
00:38:14Negative three, okay? Next, put Y equals negative three into any one of the equations above.
00:38:20I will not suggest you putting it into equation three, because it had been multiplied.
00:38:24It is more complicated. So, I will put it into equation one or equation two. Put it into equation two, okay?
00:38:29So, X minus two times negative three equals 12, okay? So, X is- this is six and move it to the other side, it becomes six. Okay?
00:38:45Negative two times negative three equals positive six. Move the six to the other side, it becomes negative six. Six.
00:38:49So, the solution...
00:38:52B:00]
00:38:56Y equals... what is Y equal to? Negative three, right. Okay? Any questions? Now, the most important point is- I think- this step here.
00:39:08How do we use the method of elimination? In the process of elimination- before that, we may need to multiply some, um equation.
00:39:17By doing that, we will make both numbers of the equations the same.
00:39:20This one multiplied by two will become two and that one is two. So, they can be subtracted by each other, okay?
00:39:24If you say, if I want to eliminate the Y- earlier I said I want to eliminate the X but if I want to eliminate the Y, one is three and the other is two, what should I do?
00:39:34Chong Fong Wai. If I want to eliminate the Y, I will need to make them the same. So how do we make three and two the same?
00:39:43Find out their LCM.
00:39:44Find out their LCM. The LCM of three and two is...?
00:39:48Six. So, three times what is six?
00:39:50Two.
00:39:51Times two. If three time two, then, the whole equation- equation one will need to be multiplied by two. Okay? How about this one? Two times what?
00:39:57Three.
00:39:58Two times three. It is six again. Okay? So, we need to multiply the lower equation by three, okay? Understand?
00:40:02If you want to eliminate the Y, you will need to do more things.
00:40:06If you multiply the upper equation by two and the lower equation by three, that will create equation three and equation four. Equation three and equation four.
00:40:12Then, we can add the two equations together. One is positive six Y and one is negative six Y, okay? Understand?
00:40:19Try it out at home. Since we only have one class today, (inaudible).
00:40:24Well, um, go back and try out number five to eight. Okay? Go back and do number five to eight. Okay? That is not too many.
00:40:35It should be the day after tomorrow- do we have class on the day after tomorrow? Day six. We have class on day six, right?
00:40:41Okay, we will talk about it more on day six, because we will have a test tomorrow. Do you remember?
00:40:44What?
00:40:45(inaudible)
00:40:46Test. The chapter on slopes.
00:40:47Day five, right? Distance formula. The chapter on slopes. Any impressions?
00:40:49Slope?
00:40:53No.
00:40:55This equation.
00:40:58Parallel. Straight. I have just talked about it.
00:41:00B:00]
00:41:02There is also the distance formula. A B equals- the distance between two coordinates.
00:41:07B:00]
00:41:11Tomorrow- tomorrow, you will be tested on chapter eight. It seems like all of you have amnesia.
00:41:21Tomorrow- um, are there any single lined papers?
00:41:24No.
00:41:31Who is in charge of buying the papers?
00:41:34(inaudible)
00:41:35It is you? Chan Lap Man? Help me buy one more pile of F four- long paper, single lined, white colored, tomorrow. Long paper.
00:41:44Is the test going to be difficult?
00:41:45Not difficult. Study for the test. Stand up.
00:41:48Do we need to bring our books?
00:41:50You don't need to bring books tomorrow, okay? However, do you remember you have to bring two new books tomorrow?
00:41:54I remember.
00:41:55(inaudible)
00:41:56Yes
00:41:57Okay.
00:41:59(inaudible)
00:42:02Goodbye class.
00:42:03E:00]
00:42:11(inaudible)
00:42:12Sit down and be quiet. The student on duty, come up and clean up the blackboard.
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00:03:02點名叫同學在黑板上解題在香港課堂是非常普遍的。
00:08:21一般來說﹐學生都不會回應老師所發問的這類問題。
00:08:41在以中文(即廣東話)為教學語言的課堂中﹐老師通常都會介紹數學詞彙的英文名稱。
00:09:53在小學課程中﹐學生已學過利用方程式從兩個未知數的和與來求那兩個未知數﹐但箇中道理並沒有探究。這裏老師用這兩條公式解釋如何用抵消法解線性方程。
00:10:48「哪一個是大數﹐哪一個是小數﹖」 老師透過這條問題讓學生在解題前先建立對數字的「感覺」。
00:12:11這裏老師希望在解題先前引導學生觀察這些方程式的特性。
00:14:50這裏當其中一個未知數被消去後﹐老師解釋抵消法的意思。
00:20:28「負負得正」 字面翻譯是「負數乘以負數等如正數」 這裏「減了這個負數相等如加了有同等數值的正數」。
00:20:37這是香港學生常見的錯誤。
00:21:26這是對剛教授內容所作的總結。
00:22:03這是典型的課堂模式﹕先討論概念和做例題﹐然後老師要求學生自己嘗試解幾條相似的練習題。
00:24:22老師要求學生在黑板上列出他們的解題是香港課堂常見的做法。
00:31:44老師再次強調抵消法的概念。
00:34:13香港老師常常被受壓力﹐要在有限的課堂時間內完成廣泛的數學內容。因此老師很可能要匆忙地完成課節。
00:34:23這裏老師刻意地挑選一此組織上有所不同﹐難度也慢慢加深的題目﹐從而令學生對以抵消法解方程式有更全面的認識。
00:34:32這是一個口頭提示﹐提醒學生這條方程式與以前所做的幾題有點不同。
00:35:10這裏老師聯繫到他們之前所學的方法。
00:36:00這是解題中的關鍵步驟。老師向同學直接說解這個步驟。
00:37:06這是下課的鈴聲﹐但課堂超時在香港課堂是很普遍的現象。
00:37:15「二 x加二x是什麼﹖」 這問題為要加強學生對執行抵消法正確步驟的認識。
00:38:20這裏提示學生可以選擇其中一條方程式代入數值。
00:38:56這裏老師強調解題過程的關鍵步驟。
00:39:24這裏老師指出有另一種的解題方法﹐藉此強化了對抵消法的認識。
00:40:19這是香港課堂中一個典型的分配家課情況-老師叫學生回家完成課上餘下的習題﹐額外再加幾條相似的練習題。
00:40:35「第六日」- 很多香港學校使用的 「週期」時間表。一週期通常有六日(但有些學校則使用五日一週期﹑七日一週期﹐或八日一週期)。舉例說若星期五是週期的第四日﹐下星期一將是週期的第五日﹐如此類推。公眾假期不在週期時間表內﹐所以不會影響各科目的課節分配。因為星期一常是公眾假期﹐用這種週期時間表﹐各課堂的分配不會受到影響。較每週五天的一般時間表而言﹐週期時間表容許更多課節的分配。
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00:00:00This is a lesson on the method of elimination for solving systems of linear equations with two unknowns. After a review of the content from the previous lesson, a familar problem that students encountered in primary school is used to bring out the idea of the method of elimination. Then a series of examples that vary systematically and that are progressively more difficult are discussed.
00:01:48This practice of going over some of the exercises done in the last lesson before starting a new topic is very common in Hong Kong.
00:02:08Many textbooks in Hong Kong include more challenging items in their Exercises, which are usually marked with an asterisk or "star".
00:02:13In Hong Kong, typically there is no response to such questions from the teacher.
00:03:02Naming students to show their work on the board is a very common practice in Hong Kong.
00:08:21Typically there is no response from students to a question like this by the teacher.
00:08:41It is very common in Hong Kong that technical terms in English are introduced to those students who study mathematics through the medium of Chinese (i.e., Cantonese).
00:09:53In primary school, students are introduced the formulas for finding two numbers given their sum and difference, but no justifications are given. Here the teacher uses the formulas to illustrate the method of elimination for solving linear equations.
00:10:48"Which is bigger and smaller?" - Through asking this question, the teacher lets students develop a "feel" for the numbers first, before solving for them.
00:12:11Here the teacher leads students to observe the characteristics of the equations before starting to solve them.
00:14:50Here the teacher points out the meaning of "elimination" after a variable is eliminated in this example.
00:20:28"Negative times negative is positive" - The literal translation is "negative negative results in positive." It may mean "negative times negative is positive", or, as in this case, "subtracting a negative number is equivalent to adding the (corresponding) positive number."
00:20:37This is a common mistake among Hong Kong students.
00:21:26This is a summary of the points covered so far.
00:22:03This is a typical way of handling the lesson: discussion of concepts and worked examples, followed by the teacher asking students to attempt some similar exercises on their own.
00:24:22Asking students to show their work on the board is a very common practice in Hong Kong.
00:31:44Here the teacher stresses the concept of elimination again.
00:34:13It is a rather common phenomenon in Hong Kong that teachers feel the pressure of covering a lot of content (i.e., the syllabus) in a limited time span. Hence they may tend to rush.
00:34:23Note that the teacher is choosing examples that vary systematically and that are progressively more difficult. This will lead students to a thorough understanding of the method of elimination for solving equations.
00:34:32This is a verbal cue to alert students to the difference between this equation and the previous equations.
00:35:10Here the teacher relates back to the method learned previously.
00:36:00This is the crucial step in the solution. The teacher is telling this step to the students directly.
00:37:06This is the end-of-lesson bell, but over-running is common in Hong Kong lessons.
00:37:15"Two X plus two X is what?" - This is a question to reinforce the idea of carring out the right operation in elimination.
00:38:20This is a reminder to students about the choice of equations into which they can substitute the value.
00:38:56Here the teacher highlights the important steps in the solution process.
00:39:24Here the teacher points out that there is another way of solving the problem. This reinforces the method of elimination.
00:40:19This is a typical assignment of homework in Hong Kong - to finish the work that was not completed in class (plus a few similar exercises).
00:40:35"Day six" - Many schools in Hong Kong operate on a "cycle" time-table. One cycle is typically six days (some schools have five day cycles, some have seven day cycles and some even have eight day cycles). For example, if Friday is day four, then the next Monday will be day five, and so on. Public holidays are not counted in the cycle so that they won't affect the balance of subjects if, say, many public holidays fall on Mondays. This type of time-table allows more periods to be assigned to a cycle, compared to a five-day week.
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00:00:25這課節從非數學的討論開始。非數學性的討論在香港課堂是非常罕見的,數據中每課節平均只有百分一的時間是花在與數學無關的活動上((Hiebert et al., 2003, Teaching Mathematics Teaching in Seven Countries: Results from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study [以後簡稱 Video Report], figure 3.2) 。
00:03:02兩位同學被邀請在黑板上列出他們就兩道家課題的題解,其餘學生則在座位內參閱他們的答案。同時老師走到學生座位中解答他們的問題(這段交流模式又被評為有選擇性的交流,因為座位中的學生有權選擇參閱黑板上同學的答案與否)。這課節花在這兩道題的時間若有七分鐘。相對其他國家而言,回顧家課在香港課堂並不普遍。平均而言,每課節只有一分鐘花在回顧家課上(Video Report, table 3.9)。
00:08:22這裡課堂的內容由複習轉到新課題。若有一半的課節是花在新課題上,百分之二十的時間是複習,另有百分之二十九是用在練習上。據平均數據所得,普遍香港課堂花在複習的時間為百分之二十四,百分之三十九為新課題,而百分之三十七則為練習(Video Report, figure 3.8)。
00:18:05這裡因為有人收集點名冊,課節被短暫中段。平均有百分之二十八的香港課節因被外界的干擾,而被短暫中段(Video Report, figure 3.14)。
00:21:35老師講解這題的兩種解題方法(兩數相減以抵消X 或兩數相加以抵消Y)。討論兩種或以上解題方法的情況,在百分之二十三的香港課堂中出現至少一次(Video Report, table 5.1) 。
00:22:21這裡老師分配四道題與學生獨自在座位內完成。類似的個人練習時間在香港的數據中非常普遍。平均而言,私下作業時間內有百分之九十五是個人練習,這遠比分組練習及兩人一組練習的情況為多(Video Report , figure 3.10)。
00:27:42經過約五分鐘在座位內的練習後,兩位同學被邀請把他們的答案列出黑板上。當他們完成後(若在29:40),學生繼續在座位內完成練習題。在這課節中,百分之六十三的時間是公開性的交流,百分之二十是在座位內的私下交流,另外百分之十七則是當其他學生在座位內練習時,部份同學在黑板上列出答案。這比例近似數據中的平均值。數據顯示,課堂內交流模式的平均分佈如下:百分之七十五為公開性的交流,百分之二十為私下的交流,百分之五屬於有選擇性的交流:這是當大部份同學在座位內練習,少數被邀在黑板上列出答案,這情況下座位內的同學有選擇性地參閱列出的答案(Video Report, table 3.6)。四題中有兩題的答案未有被公開列出或作任何討論。平均香港數據中,只有百分之六十一的群組性題目(即一組有給予學生私下在座位內練習的題目)的答案被公開列出 (Video Report , figure 5.7) 。
00:38:56當學生計算到答案後,老師總結該題解題的關鍵。在香港數據中,平均有百分之十三的題目有總結 (Video Report, table 5.4)。老師對第一個解題方法作總結後,隨即教授另一種解題方法.平均來說,香港數據中百分之四的題目被評為有多項的解題方法 (Video Report, table 5.1)。該課節所有題目的設題均以數學語言及符號表達,相對有關使用日常生活例子的設題則較少。在香港數據中,平均每課節有百分之八十三的題目是使用數學語言及符號設題 (Video Report, figure 5.1)。再者,所有題目的解題步驟被評為有中等程度的複雜性。意即每題需要運用四項或以上的解題步驟,而當中並不含多於一條的次分題。平均香港數據中,每課有百分之二十九的題目被評為解題步驟屬中等複雜 (Video Report, figure 4.1)。
00:40:19老師在課節終結時分配家課,並囑咐同學明天將有一個測驗。百分之六十九的香港課節有分配家課,這些作業需要在下一節課上課時或以前完成(Video Report, figure 3.11) 。
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00:00:25The lesson begins with some talk that is not related to mathematics. Non-mathematical segments were rare in Hong Kong lessons; on average, one percent of the time per lesson was spent on activities not related to mathematics (Hiebert et al., 2003, Teaching Mathematics in Seven Countries: Results from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study [hereafter Video Report], figure 3.2).
00:03:02Two students are asked to work out two of the homework problems on the blackboard. As they do so, the other class members watch and look over their own answers. In the meantime, the teacher walks around the classroom to help students who have difficulty. (This segment was coded as having an "optional interaction" pattern, where students present information at the board to which others can choose to attend.) The class spends about seven minutes on these problems. Reviewing previously assigned homework problems was relatively uncommon in Hong Kong lessons. On average, just one minute per lesson was devoted to this kind of activity (Video Report, table 3.9).
00:08:22Here the lesson shifts from reviewing previously learned content to introducing new content. About half of the lesson is devoted to this new information, while 20% is devoted to review and 29% is devoted to practice. On average in the Hong Kong data set, 24% of the lesson time was spent reviewing, 39% was spent introducing new content, and 37% was spent practicing (Video Report, figure 3.8).
00:18:05The lesson is interrupted briefly by someone wanting to collect the daily attendance sheet. Twenty-eight percent of Hong Kong lessons were interrupted by a source outside the classroom (Video Report, figure 3.14).
00:21:35The teacher explains that there are two methods for solving this problem (i.e., subtracting and eliminating the X's, or adding and eliminating the Y's). Discussing alternative solution methods occurred at least once in 23% of Hong Kong lessons (Video Report, table 5.1).
00:22:21At this point the students are assigned four problems to solve at their seats. Students work individually, as was common across the Hong Kong data set. On average, 95% of private interaction time per lesson was spent working individually rather than in pairs or groups (Video Report, figure 3.10).
00:27:42After working at their seats for approximately five minutes, two students are asked to put their solutions on the board. Once they have finished
00:29:40, the class continues to work privately. In this lesson, 63% of the time is spent with the whole class interacting publicly, 20% is spent interacting privately, and 17% is spent with students at the board while their classmates work at their seats. These proportions are fairly similar to the Hong Kong data set as a whole. On average, Hong Kong teachers distributed the interaction time as follows: 75% public interaction, 20% private interaction, and 5% students present information at the board while others either attend or work privately (Video Report, table 3.6). For two of the four problems, a solution is not presented or discussed publicly. In the Hong Kong data set, on average, a solution was publicly presented for 61% of the concurrent problems (i.e., those assigned as a set and worked on privately) (Video Report, figure 5.7).
00:38:56Once he has arrived at the solution, the teacher summarizes the critical steps involved in solving this problem. Summaries were provided for 13% of the problems in a Hong Kong lesson, on average (Video Report, table 5.4). After providing a summary for this first solution method, the teacher then goes over a second, alternative method. Multiple solution methods were presented for four percent of the problems in Hong Kong lessons, on average across the data set (Video Report, table 5.1). All of the problems in this lesson are presented using mathematical language and symbols only, as opposed to using a real life scenario. In the Hong Kong data set, on average 83% of the problems per lesson were set up with just mathematical language and symbols (Video Report, figure 5.1). Furthermore, all of the problems are of moderate procedural complexity. That is, they require more than four decisions or steps and contain no more than one sub-problem. On average in the Hong Kong data set, 29% of the problems per lesson were judged to be moderately procedurally complex (Video Report, figure 4.1).
00:40:19At the end of the class the teacher assigns homework problems, and also mentions that there will be a test tomorrow. Sixty-nine percent of the lessons in Hong Kong contained a homework assignment due on or before the next lesson (Video Report, figure 3.11).
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00:00:00教學限制: 1. 上課時間少 2. 課程繁多 3. 師生比例太少 (1﹕40) • 教學內容﹕ 1. 本課節只是一個單元內的一節﹐內容主要側重在解方程的運算技巧和表達形式,不在概念。 2. 香港中學數學教育也是側重技巧多於概念。 • 教學方法: 1. 因應學生能力 (Band 3),由淺入深,解釋較仔細。 2. 強調概念和技巧間的連繫性。 3. 除了計算的技巧外,也強調教授學生在觀察、分析和表達方面的能力,這是Band 3學生一般的弱項。 • 教學用具﹕ 1. 因為這堂需要強調表達形式﹐在黑板逐步表達是最直接的方法。
00:02:42如困用“一般程度” 或“基本” 來形容21及22 條題目會更為合適。我應該避免用“很淺易” 這類字眼﹐令那些在該兩題目真正遇上因難的學生不會因為尷尬或恐懼而不敢發問。
00:03:04我選取兩位學生出來黑板做數的目的,是為了檢視 他們能否掌握在上一課堂所學到的技巧﹐以決定今堂需否跟進抑或繼續教新書。並就他們做數的表達形式作出即時糾正﹐避免將錯誤重覆而變成習慣。
00:04:00我爭取時間巡查學生有否完成上一堂的習作。
00:07:52藉着黑板上學生的習作﹐提醒學生上一堂學過的技巧 (即將一條方程式乘以一個因數) 。該技巧會再被應用在今堂稍後所教的另一類技巧上。並且我以個人經驗,提醒學生在應用此技巧時常犯的錯誤。
00:09:45這是我備課後的決定﹐並非純以教科書上的例題作教授之用。我會考考學生的理解能力﹐讓學生從顯淺的例子去了解今堂要教的技巧和它與上一堂所教的分別。今堂的目的是教技巧而非例子,後者只是一個媒介。
00:10:25這是回應上一堂提過的一個在小學階段只靠死記而學的解方程方法﹐並為以下要教的新技巧作出引子。
00:11:01這裏用了提問的方法:引導學生面對這條題目時﹐不要單想解決方法﹐而是先對題目作出基本分析。這有助他們解難後檢視答案時之用﹐增強他們對數的感覺。
00:12:03這裏是強調技巧與技巧之間的共通性﹐加強所教的概念和技巧之間的連貫性﹐有助他們融會貫通。
00:13:13我用+3 +(-3) 去代替+b + (-b) 來讓學生認識消元的結果。一般中學生對代數內未知數的運算吸收較慢,覺得它們抽象。這情況下,我要先讓他們接受所教的新技巧﹐不要他們因為小處的障礙而 “閉塞” 了思路。
00:19:17我用顏色筆引起學生對題目上某些地方的注意﹐教他們觀察分析用那種方法得出那種結果。
00:20:40我在這裏強調學生一般常犯的錯誤。
00:22:00讓學生做堂課﹐就剛過去11分鐘內所教的技巧作一次簡單總結。
00:23:58即時糾正他們錯誤的表達形式。
00:35:49我強調這是上一堂所教的技巧的應用。我希望藉此並今堂初簡單的回顧﹐讓學生將上一堂與今堂的技巧聯繫起來。
00:38:24根據個人經驗提醒學生,避免他們用了一些容易算錯的方法。
00:39:08總結這較深題目的關鍵重點。
00:40:19我認為這堂所教的涉及的技巧略多﹐對於這班Band 3的學生來說,如果將四條的堂課題目增至六條,對於堂上中段所學的會更為鞏固。據我估計﹐最後七﹑八分鐘所教的可能有40%的學生是難以掌握﹐回家做功課會出現問題。如果將最後部份延至下一堂會更好。
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00:00:00General Comments for the Lesson:• Limitations on Instruction: 1. Class time is too short 2. Abundance of curriculum 3. Teacher to student ratio is too small (1:40) • Contents of Instruction: 1. This lesson is only a subdivision of one topic. It is mainly focused on the techniques in computing and representing equations rather than on its concepts. 2. Mathematics education in Hong Kong secondary schools is also focused on the techniques rather than on the concepts. • Methods of Instruction: 1. Based on the student's ability (Band 3), this lesson is taught from shallow to profound and the explanations are rather detailed. 2. Emphasizing on the link between the concept and technique. 3. Aside from the computation techniques, students' abilities in observation, analysis, and expression are also emphasized. These are common weaknesses among Band 3 students. • Tools of Instruction 1. Since this lesson emphasized the expression of equations, the use of blackboard in representing each step is the most directive method.
00:02:42It is more appropriate to describe question 21 and 22 as "general level" or "basic." I should have avoided using words like "very simple." This way, students who have difficulties on these two questions will not be afraid to ask questions due to embarrassment or fear.
00:03:04The goal of choosing two students to do the questions on the blackboard is to inspect their understanding on the techniques taught in the previous lesson. It helps me decide whether to follow-up on previous material or to continue with the new material. I can also correct their method of expressions immediately and prevent their errors from turning into a habit.
00:04:00I have wasted no time and inspected the students' work from a previous lesson.
00:07:52Here I reminded students about the techniques they have learned in the last lesson by using their work on the blackboard (i.e. multiply an equation with a factor), because this technique will be applicable to another one taught later in today's class. Based on my personal experiences, I reminded students about the common mistakes on the application of this technique.
00:09:45I am not just following the sample questions from the textbook as a basis for teaching. When I prepared for class, I decided to let students complete some easier sample questions based on their abilities. This can help them understand the techniques taught in today's lesson and how they are different from the ones in the previous lesson. Reminder: Today's goal is to teach the techniques rather than the samples. The samples served only as a mediator.
00:10:25This is to correspond with what has been mentioned in the previous lesson. In elementary school, they taught you to rigidly memorize the solution to equations. This is mentioned to serve as an introduction to the new technique that follows.
00:11:01I have used a question and answer approach here. It guides students to begin analyzing the problem rather than just thinking about its solution. It helps them verify their answers after they have solved the question and helps increasing their understanding.
00:12:03Here, the commonalities between techniques are emphasized. To help students understand thoroughly, I have emphasized the link between concepts and techniques that have been taught in the past.
00:13:13I used +3+(-3) to represent +b+(-b) so as to help students in recognizing the result of elimination. In general, students are slow in understanding the calculation of unknowns in algebra because they think it is abstract. At this time, teachers should let students understand the newly taught technique first. Do not let their thinking get "stuck" because of small barriers.
00:13:59I believe this section would be more complete if I had given a further explanation on why these two equations will still be equivalent when adding the left side and right side together.
00:19:17I used colored chalk to attract students' attention to specific locations. This can help them learn to observe and analyze which method will result in the desired outcome.
00:20:40Here the emphasis is on the common mistakes made by students.
00:22:00I am concluding the techniques taught in the past eleven minutes through in-class exercises.
00:23:58I immediately corrected students' incorrect method of expressions.
00:35:40Here, the emphasis is on the techniques taught in the previous lesson. Also, I am reintroducing the information taught in the beginning of the class. By doing so, students can relate the information from last lesson to the current one.
00:38:24Based on my personal experiences, I shared my method to the students. Hoping it will help students prevent making mistakes by using inappropriate methods.
00:39:08I concluded the key points from this rather difficult question.
00:40:19I think that there are quite a number of techniques involved in this lesson. If I had increased the in-class exercise from four questions to six, it would help these Band 3 students in grasping the information learned from the mid-lesson. (In Hong Kong schools are classified into five Bands/Tracks, Band 1 is the highest level and Band 3 is considered to be average). From my estimation, around 40% of the students have problems understanding what has been taught in the last seven or eight minutes. They will have problems doing the homework. It would be better if the last portion was postponed to the next lesson.