Jay Waggoner
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Lima, Ohio, United States
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Jay Waggoner, a native of Fremont, Ohio, received a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Ohio Northern University and a Master of Arts in Math Education from Bowling Green State University. Jay spent his entire 39 year career teaching for Shawnee Local Schools, near Lima, Ohio. Though he started at the junior high level, he soon moved to the high school level where, at one time or another, he taught every math course ever offered at Shawnee, including AP Calculus, which he taught for the last thirty years of his career. Now retired from teaching, he picks up spending money for vacations by selling used books on eBay and abebooks . . . and writing puzzle books. With the used books, he hopes to sell them for more than he paid for them. With the puzzle books, he hopes to either help many learn or relearn math, and eventually wishes to make math a mainstream recreational activity. That goal will have been attained when John (or Joan) Q. Public sees the license plate - MW1331, and thinks: "My Word, eleven cubed."
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An Orderly Big 12 Conference History,Order of Operation,beginning exponents
This puzzle is a blend of various lessons that can be done individually as homework or extra credit, or in pairs (if the students are younger.) The intent is to blend some math with learning a little something about the Big 12 Conference. The math which will be learned is focused around learning a little about exponents and a lot about working with the order of operations. (Included IS an explanation and example of the order that we simplify when working with the Order of Operations) The blend i
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Math Test Prep
Getting the Angles on Mallards, using algebra to find sides and angles
This puzzle, along with most of the other puzzles that I write, is an attempt to integrate, review, and blend. I want to integrate more than one subject in a learning activity. All of life’s experiences are integrated activities. I want to review previous material a student (puzzle doer) has been exposed to. We get better at tasks in life by repetition. I want to blend a learning experience with as many other learning situations as I can. Few life experiences are isolated happenings.
8th - 12th, Adult Education
Algebra, Geometry, Math Test Prep
Pesky Sand Gnats Facts, A Commutative Property of Addition Baseball Puzzle
This puzzle, along with most of the other puzzles that I write, is an attempt to integrate, review, and blend. I want to integrate more than one subject in a learning activity, cross-curricular learning as it were. All of life’s experiences are integrated activities. I want to review previous material a student (puzzle doer) has been exposed to. We get better at tasks in life by repetition. I want to blend a learning experience with as many other learning situations as I can. Few life expe
4th - 10th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Math Test Prep, Mental Math
AP AB No Calculator,finding limits without L'Hopital's Rule,Math Puzzle 1
This offering is a "mathacrostics" puzzle affording teachers and students another opportunity to practice and/or review finding limits where L'Hopital's Rule is not needed. It is intended to help students prepare for the no-calculator part of the AB AP calculus test. For this reason (and several others) a sheet with complete solutions of all problems given in the puzzle will be included. This puzzle is one of 30 puzzles created for a "first quarter college calculus-type course" - in high scho
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Calculus, Math Test Prep, Other (Math)
Southeastern Conference,SEC by the Numbers,Math Essay,Adding,Subtracting
This puzzle is a blend of various lessons that can be done individually as homework or extra credit, or in pairs (if the students are younger.) The intent is to blend some math with learning a little something about the Southeastern Conference. (the SEC) The math which will be learned is focused around learning quick and mental ways to add and subtract, something that fourth graders to seniors in high school would benefit from). The blend is in learning a little about the history of the Southe
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Math Test Prep
A Powerful Lesson in Counting Incorrectly,Big Ten Math Essay,Exponents
This puzzle is a blend of various lessons that can be done individually as homework or extra credit, or in pairs (if the students are younger.) The intent is to blend some math with learning a little something about the Big Ten Conference. The math which will be learned is focused around learning exponents and working with the order of operations. The blend is in learning a little about the history of the Big Ten Conference . . . while having a little fun doing so. The answer to the entire p
6th - 12th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Math Test Prep
ACC,Atlantic Coast Conference History,Math Essay,Easy Mental Math
This puzzle is a blend of various lessons that can be done individually as homework or extra credit, or in pairs (if the students are younger.) The intent is to blend some math with learning a little something about the Atlantic Coast Conference (the ACC). The math which will be learned is focused around learning quick and mental ways to add whole numbers and fractions with LIKE denominators numbers, something that fifth graders to seniors in high school would benefit from). The blend is in lear
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Math Test Prep, Mental Math
AAC History,exponents,powers,mental math,basketball,order of operations
This puzzle is a blend of various lessons that can be done individually as homework or extra credit, or in pairs (if the students are younger.) The intent is to blend some math with learning a little something about the American Athletic Conference (the AAC). The math which will be learned is focused around learning exponents and working with the order of operations. (Included IS a short cut way to square numbers ending in five . . . with examples to illustrate the procedure.) The blend is in l
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Math Test Prep, Mental Math
BIG EAST History,exponents,powers,mental math,basketball,order of operations
This puzzle is a blend of various lessons that can be done individually as homework or extra credit, or in pairs (if the students are younger.) The intent is to blend some math with learning a little something about the BIG EAST Conference. The math which will be learned is focused around learning exponents and working with the order of operations. (Included IS a short cut way to square numbers ending in five . . . with examples to illustrate the procedure.) The blend is in learning a little ab
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Basic Operations, Math Test Prep, Mental Math
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About the store
Experience
Jay Waggoner, a native of Fremont, Ohio, received a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Ohio Northern University and a Master of Arts in Math Education from Bowling Green State University. Jay spent his entire 39 year career teaching for Shawnee Local Schools, near Lima, Ohio. Though he started at the junior high level, he soon moved to the high school level where, at one time or another, he taught every math course ever offered at Shawnee, including AP Calculus, which he taught for the last thirty years of his career. Now retired from teaching, he picks up spending money for vacations by selling used books on eBay and abebooks . . . and writing puzzle books. With the used books, he hopes to sell them for more than he paid for them. With the puzzle books, he hopes to either help many learn or relearn math, and eventually wishes to make math a mainstream recreational activity. That goal will have been attained when John (or Joan) Q. Public sees the license plate - MW1331, and thinks: "My Word, eleven cubed."
Teaching style
It varies with the class and the chemistry of the class BUT as I progressed in my career two things became increasingly important and evident: First, students (REGARDLESS of their age/class) need to get out of their seats with some degree of frequency and up to the black/white boards to do problems. Only by doing can one learn. Students love it. Second, ALL students need constant review. I try to make reviewing fun with puzzles.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Making Shawnee the Best It Can Be
Presenter at several Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics meetings.
Speaker and presenter at many meetings and sessions.
My own education history
Graduated from Fremont Ross High School.
Bachelor of Arts with a Math Major from Ohio Northern University.
Master of Arts with a Cognate in Mathematics from Bowling Green State University.
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I read.
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I do.
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