With the open access and availability of instructional resources on the internet, teachers need think more like teachers as designers and researchers and not just consumers of instructional materials. This is an important teaching skill that allows teachers to be more judicious when selecting tasks and materials for instruction, accessing student learning through action research…
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Read MoreThese are some smaller grants that I have seen success with teachers/leaders: https://www.nctm.org/Grants/ Enhancing Student Mathematics Learning through the Use of Tools and Technology Grants (Pre-K-12) Grants of up to $3,000 are awarded to persons currently teaching mathematics in grades Pre-K-12 for the innovative use of technology and other tools to “help teachers and students visualize…
Read Morehttp://www.msri.org/workshops/919 Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2019: Mathematical Modeling in K-16: Community and Cultural ContextsMarch 06, 2019 – March 08, 2019 OrganizersJulia Aguirre (University of Washington – Tacoma), LEAD Cynthia Anhalt (University of Arizona), Staffas Broussard (The Algebra Project), Ricardo Cortez (Tulane University), Michael Driskill (Math for America ), Sol Garfunkel (Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP)), Genetha Gray (Salesforce), Maria Hernandez (North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics), LEAD Rachel Levy (MAA –…
Read MoreWith my work with Mathematical Modeling and Teaching practices, I think hard about the art of asking questions. Harvard Business School article by Pohlmann and Thomas (2015) write about “Relearning the Art of Asking Questions” https://hbr.org/2015/03/relearning-the-art-of-asking-questions The curious four-year-old asks a lot of questions — incessant streams of “Why?” and “Why not?” might sound familiar —…
Read MoreCuriosity Kids are relentless in their urge to learn and master. As John Medina writes in Brain Rules, “This need for explanation is so powerfully stitched into their experience that some scientists describe it as a drive, just as hunger and thirst and sex are drives.” Curiosity is what makes us try something until we can do…
Read MoreProductive Failure and Productive Struggle https://hbr.org/2017/11/how-coca-cola-netflix-and-amazon-learn-from-failure
Read MoreParadigm Shift- Cultural Reform in Mathematics Education in Korea To Foster Positive Dispositions towards Mathematics http://www.anewsa.com/detail.php?number=1220338&thread=09r02 (photo from newspaper) The trip was an invitation from the Korea Society of Educational Studies in Mathematics (President Wan-Young Cho) to participate in a National Assembly forum to discuss theimportance of enhancing the culture of mathematics education and workshops…
Read MoreToday we talked about increasing the rigor to provide meaningful learning for each and every one of our learners! Democracy Prep teachers are dedicated to their students’ learning important mathematics! Enjoying the week with Dr. Toya Frank, Sara Birkhead and Jay Bradley and our teacher leaders from Democracy Prep, Tiana, Lyndon and Jasmin! What a…
Read MoreCongratulations to MASON graduates Winter 2016, especially Dr. Alice Petillo! You did it!
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