180 Ideas: #15 Don’t Put a Grade on it
Rethinking how I give feedback to try to change what my students focus on. Continue reading 180 Ideas: #15 Don’t Put a Grade on it
180 Ideas: #14 Know the Staff
Getting to know the folks in your building is important and the start of the school year is a great time to do it. Continue reading 180 Ideas: #14 Know the Staff
Reflect and Readjust
Here are some of my thoughts on the annual summer reflection and readjustment process.
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180 Ideas: #13 Students’ Goals
Many of set goals for our students but shouldn’t we encourage students to set their own goals for their math learning as well? Here are some ways to support students in the process of setting and revisiting goals in the math classroom. Continue reading 180 Ideas: #13 Students’ Goals
180 Ideas: #12 Do the Problems
It may seem obvious, but we really should do the problems we assign before we assign them to students. Continue reading 180 Ideas: #12 Do the Problems
Percentages and Milk
Reduced Fat Milk and Milkfat Here’s an activity that my friend Nic Vitale and I wrote for MTMS‘ Math for Real and then found out that they had published something similar (Bu & Marjanovich, 2017) so they decided not to publish our article. It’s funny that Nic contacted me about this situation and we wrote it … Continue reading Percentages and Milk
Points and Lines
Here’s a math problem I thought of when I was driving today involving points and lines. Continue reading Points and Lines
