Join Greg Tang in Minneapolis for His 10 Best Practices Workshop
To succeed in math, students need number sense and strong reasoning skills. They also need to visualize, generalize and communicate their thinking.
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Happy New Year!
Over the summer I rediscovered the book Accessible Mathematics: 10 Instructional Shifts that Raise Student Achievement by Steven Leinwand. The lens is pointed to “engage, and focus on understanding and application.” (p.2) In this time of heightened awareness and action to engage all students and to be culturally responsive in our classrooms, it makes sense to integrate Leinwand’s shifts.
Continue readingOpen the Middle of Problems for Students
There are so many questions that float through my head when I see something new that piques my interest. Let’s look at one of those resources, Open Middle. Open Middle sprang from the mind of Robert Kaplinski after attending to Dan Meyer’s talk Video Games and Making Math More Like Things Students Like.
Continue readingMN Math Tweeter of the Month
I found all of his answers to my questions very thoughtful and interesting, and I wanted to share them all. So rather than giving you a summary of his responses, enjoy Andy Pethan…uncut.
Continue readingAP STEM Course Changes for 2016-17
The College Board updates its Advanced Placement courses every few years. Often, the changes are minor tweaks to course content. This year, the changes are substantial for three STEM courses.
Continue readingThe Importance of Problem Solving in the Math Classroom
When we think about math, really think about what mathematics is, we see patterns, relationships and structure in number, geometry and other branches as well.
Continue reading“It’s the Little Things”
It’s paying attention to the little things that makes a big difference. How do we get our students to see value in proof reading their work and answers?
Continue readingMy Arduino Adventure
Each year I try to introduce new technology that requires coding into my middle school STEM class. In researching what’s out there in the “maker/tinkerer” world, I was attracted to the Arduino as a means to “ignite” my STEM students about coding and electronics.
Continue readingBalancing the fear of ALL with the pursuit of ALL
This article is part 6 of an 8 article series highlighting 8 words in the MCTM Mission Statement highlighting the word ‘ALL’.
Continue readingBenchmark Families
Fact Families show us how a group of numbers relates to each other. A student’s family teaches us more about how best to teach the student. The idea of families and relationships holds true for each of the Minnesota benchmarks as well.
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