My grant team and I were working on ideas for our project (Practice-Driven PD). We’ve been thinking about how to create small suggestions for teachers to enhance their algebra instruction. This week our conversation was about using worked examples with students (if you want to read a great report on algebra instruction check out this … Continue reading 180 Ideas: #20 Rate & Review
Resources for those of us teaching students how to solve systems of equations with substitution or elimination. Continue reading Substitution and Elimination
Thank you to everyone who joined me at the Beyond Math Conference this summer. I hope you enjoyed my presentation on Getting the Most out of Math Tasks. As promised, here are some additional resources to accompany that presentation. Staircase Task During the video I did three tasks. First, I did a classic task called … Continue reading Beyond Math Conference 2021
A few weeks ago I teamed up with Casio Education and TODOS: Mathematics for All to do a webinar on choice. I think that providing students some choice in the classroom is so important. By providing students some choices over what and how they learn I have found increased engagement and empowerment. If you are … Continue reading Choice as a Foundation for Engagement and Empowerment
Four ideas for facilitating small groups remotely. Continue reading Facilitating Small Groups Online
Taking spin classes has got me thinking about my preferences for instruction and how this might relate to our students’ preferences. Continue reading What Spin Class has Taught me about Teaching
I’m fascinated by large numbers. They are a big part of our lives in so many ways, but they are so hard to visualize and understand. There aren’t many things we can touch or see a million of at once. I am also interested in wealth inequality and personal finance. I’ve brought all of these … Continue reading Lifetime Earnings of a Teacher
Students are brilliant, we just have to design a learning environment that allows them to evidence their brilliance! How might we allow students what and how they want to share their mathematics thinking online? In this short video I show some ideas using Google slides.
Continue reading Evidencing Students’ Brilliance – Online
The first of 4 parts of a keynote talk I gave for the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics. This one talks about learning styles and confronting myths. Continue reading MCTM Keynote Part 1
The importance of giving yourself (and your students) space and time to do important work. Continue reading 180 Ideas: #18 The Zero Day
