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more on grading—a synthesis of some my favorite thinkers (part one) | non-abelian
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High school math teacher in nyc interested in school transformation, math for social justice, equity/inclusion and grading reform. More on grading a synthesis of some my favorite thinkers (part one). This is part one of a series I’ll be writing on grading. Guskey, Kashtan, and Reeves. On his blog, Douglas Reeves writes. I know of few educational issues that are more fraught with emotion than grading. Co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication. Focusing on a shared purpose. Guskey continues to emphas...
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planning for accelerated precalculus | non-abelian
https://tjamesiv.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/planning-for-accelerated-precalculus
High school math teacher in nyc interested in school transformation, math for social justice, equity/inclusion and grading reform. Planning for accelerated precalculus. I’m working on developing the standards for the course, and I’m using the model of “performance indicators” and “learning targets” I grew familiar with when I worked at a mastery-based learning school in New Haven. For background, see the Great Schools Partnership’s document Proficiency-Based Learning Simplified. Short and long versions).
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dy/dan » Blog Archive » WTF Math Problems
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Presentations & Workshops. Get Posts by E-mail. January 7th, 2015 by Dan Meyer. As I mentioned on Twitter earlier this week. I find a particular kind of math problem extremely exciting now. Here are five of them. I want to know what to call them. I want to know what are their essential features. I want more of them and I want to. Here is one of the five, taken from Scott Farrand’s presentation. Here are some points in the plane:. 4, 1), (17, 27), (1, -5), (8, 9), (13, 19), (-2, -11). These problems are a...
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CLopen Mathdebater | speaking with a clopen mind…and a portmanteau or two… | Page 2
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Newer posts →. August 28, 2015 · 7:56 pm. Changing Schools, Part 1: #TMCHANGE. This summer, I moved from my New York City public high school to an independent, all-girls school (teaching middle and high school) in Los Angeles, CA. My new school is dramatically different, but amazing! For sharing all of her amazing middle school activities. Thanks to her, I’m blowing away my co-planners! Army men, stickers, etc, etc, etc = AMAZING LESSONS! His amazing virtual filing cabinet. For sharing with everyone here...
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August | 2015 | CLopen Mathdebater
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Monthly Archives: August 2015. August 28, 2015 · 7:56 pm. Changing Schools, Part 1: #TMCHANGE. This summer, I moved from my New York City public high school to an independent, all-girls school (teaching middle and high school) in Los Angeles, CA. My new school is dramatically different, but amazing! For sharing all of her amazing middle school activities. Thanks to her, I’m blowing away my co-planners! Army men, stickers, etc, etc, etc = AMAZING LESSONS! His amazing virtual filing cabinet. For sharing wi...
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Pizza Project | Dividing By Zero
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High School Math Teacher. Productive Struggle vs Struggle Period. Foldable – Graphing Inequalities and Solving Systems of Inequalities →. February 14, 2014. The team at Mathalicious. 8220;If you put too many toppings on, the pizza won’t cook all the way through.”. 8220;You’d have to put less pepperoni on if you were going to add a bunch of other toppings.”. 8220;I wonder if all pizza places limit you to 10 toppings.”. Who knew I had so many pizza experts? Came in first and new restaurant Twisted Tomato.
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Adventures in teaching: December 2012
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012. For me, this quarter has led to frustration after frustration with technology, with one exception-blogging. Where else can I go (besides my husband who is probably tired of my complaining) to release everything swirling around inside my head? What better place to share my successes and challenges? What better place to initiate conversations about a particular article I read that I really enjoyed (or didn't) or a fun lesson plan that I found? So that counts for double, right?
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Megan Schmidt | Number Loving Beagle
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MakeoverMonday – Penny Circles. Spiraling Math on a Stick. I’m sitting on an airplane, about to embark on a nine day professional development bonanza in Baltimore, Maryland. Right before we were given the airplane-mode directive I get this message from Christopher Danielson:. Fast forward through a handful of prototypes, test runs with the resident 5-year old mathematician of the household, 250 colored card stock copies, and a pep-talk from the Professor himself. One of my favorites of the day was the gi...
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