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I switched from Real Analysis to Combinatorics. Partly because I felt more qualified to succeed in combinatorics based on my prerequisite knowledge, partly because the book seemed really interesting and partly because the class is using National Science Foundation curriculum that is based on guided discovery.
I know I’ve asked kids to do group work, to think, to discover and given them plenty of worksheets that attempted to lead them to understand something by building on prior knowledge and small leaps in logic.
Now I’m getting a taste of my own medicine-which I think is a great thing if I’m planning on asking teachers…
Analyzing my progress as a teacher as I read articles about mathematical knowledge for teaching.
read more »I’m back in school. Sitting in Calculus 1 with a lot of freshman who are brand new to college. I’m there to learn too but not just about Calculus. The professor is Dr. Thompson and the whole experience was really unlike any math class I remembered taking in college. We started with the normal technical…
read more »My thoughts as I try to sort which classes to take and what my goals for my first year in graduate school are.
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read more »Today we participated in student-led discussions on controversial current issues during our flex period. My group discussed abortion and had a great, respectful and interesting discussion. This was the fourth or fifth community conversation of the year and I find that the really interesting conversations happen during fifth period when everyone returns from their respective…
read more »My fellow teacher just came to my room and asked if she could speak to me privately for a moment. I felt like I was being called down the principal’s office but it turns out she had overhead some student talking about reading my blog. Luckily I love my job, think my kids are great…
read more »Meeting Alan Schoenfeld and hearing about his work spending three years analyzing one hour of video trying to really understand what math teachers do might be inspiring me to excessive reflection. I keep wondering about what kids are thinking, what I am thinking and what types of mental processes are they actually using to solve…
read more »Even if today wasn’t mother’s day I would still owe my mom a huge thank you for all of her help cutting mathematical stencils for my students this week. My kids LOVED their geometry t-shirts and it was mainly because my mom did such a fantastic job designing the project and teaching them how to…
read more »Despite my excitement for graduate school, this week gave me a serious case of teaching nostalgia. It all started with my random assignment to an art field trip on Change of Pace day last week and ended with a 20 hour paint all over my room math art project. On change of pace day we…
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