Concept+of+Slope

My thoughts are that maybe we do not refer to it as a number or a measure, but more along the lines of "For each unit increase in x, y increases by....." 1195569512

I define slope a lot of different ways depending what level of student I am teaching. For weaker kids, I tell them slope a number that describes the steepness or flatness of a line as well as its direction. For more advanced students, I talk about the ratio of rise to run along with other analogies. I love using my geometer's sketchpad discovery exercise for this as well. You can click [|here] to get it. 1196033965