A monthly publication of articles put out by the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics, MCTM.org
Submitted by Christy Hemp
I started looking at those who I find to be experts on leadership for inspiration, within education and outside of education. I am not an original thinker. I’m more of a thief…my gift is that I can be very creative with someone else’s idea.
Resources and materials from the 2015 MESPA presentation on the MCTM website. Also archived resources from 2014 and 2013.
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Continue readingSubmitted by Christopher Danielson
… two competing forces—teaching students responsibility for their learning, and wanting to make sure they understand…the need to prepare students for the instruction they’ll get in college, and …the desire to ensure they are prepared for the content they’ll get in college…
Explore the realm of polyhedra by constructing paper models chosen from among several hundred possibilities. Printable nets and in some cases step by step illustrated instructions are provided.
Continue readingSuggested by Judy Hansen
Goal: To help children develop an understanding of the order of numbers and to learn about the process of elimination.
Submitted by Sherri Kruger
I came across an interesting reading, a report titled Solving America’s Mathematics Education Problem
Once we have guided our students to connect the geometric representation with the algebraic representation of the relationship, we can further deepen their conceptual understanding, broaden their concept image, and promote reasoning and sense making through a series of tasks such as these.
Continue readingSubmitted by Courtney LaRoche
Our students notice and wonder about mathematics constantly! But do they realize it? Do we realize it as teachers? Try asking them two powerful questions:
MCTM CONNECT has started a new blog.
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