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180 Ideas: #12 Do the Problems
Posted on March 19, 2019March 21, 2019

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

Posted on February 11, 2019February 12, 2019

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

Posted on January 29, 2019

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

Rethinking Note-Taking
Posted on January 7, 2019

Rethinking Note-Taking

In this final post of my miniseries on notes, I look deeper into what a new way of note-taking might entail. I include three guiding principles for my process and the reasons for each of these principles. Continue reading Rethinking Note-Taking

Aligning the Purpose and Process of Notes
Posted on January 2, 2019January 2, 2019

Aligning the Purpose and Process of Notes

Considering the purpose and process of note taking. Ideas for critical reflections on whether they purpose and process align (or not). Continue reading Aligning the Purpose and Process of Notes

The Purpose of Notes
Posted on December 26, 2018

The Purpose of Notes

Pondering why we take notes in math class. We need to consider why we ask students to take notes (or not) before we can think of effective ways to create records of what we learn. Continue reading The Purpose of Notes

Notes: But Why Though?!?
Posted on December 22, 2018

Notes: But Why Though?!?

Introducing a new mini-series on notes and the mathematics classroom. In this series I’ll do a deep dive into answering, but why though?!? in reference to note taking. Continue reading Notes: But Why Though?!?

180 Ideas: #11 Leave Something Behind
Posted on November 20, 2018November 20, 2018

180 Ideas: #11 Leave Something Behind

Where have all the mathematical representations gone? In this post, I write about some questions and thoughts regarding student and teacher records of practice. Continue reading 180 Ideas: #11 Leave Something Behind

180 Ideas: #10 Midterm Feedback
Posted on October 29, 2018January 20, 2019

180 Ideas: #10 Midterm Feedback

It’s midterm season here at Mizzou (and nationally in terms of politics). Reaching the midpoint of the semester is a natural time to ask, how am I doing? Whether things are going well or not so well, you should really reach out to students to get some feedback while there is still time to turn … Continue reading 180 Ideas: #10 Midterm Feedback

Reflecting on What I do
Posted on September 25, 2018

Reflecting on What I do

This is an essay I submitted to a journal that was not accepted. I enjoyed writing  it so I still want to get it out so I thought I’d share it here. I hope that someone else will enjoy reading it! Motivation through my Shifting Inner Dialogue For the past 15 years as a teacher, … Continue reading Reflecting on What I do

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