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ICTM – Hands-on Division with Fractions for Student Understanding

On Saturday, October 7, 2023, I’m presenting at the ICTM Annual Conference in Naperville, IL, at 3:00 pm. I’m presenting with one of  my students, Cailey Platt. The title of our presentation is: Hands-on Division with Fractions for Student Understanding. … Continue reading

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Retirement Reflections (in reverse chronological order)

Most recent dates are here at the top. Getting Ready for Big Trip We basically had 2 weeks from the ICTM Conference to departing for Washington, DC. I fixed the chess board in the backyard. Long overdue. Eric and I … Continue reading

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WALDO – Workflowing the Amazing Lesson Design Outline

This Google doc is comprehensive teaching methods course and education research course rolled up into one document organized into clickable links. It is compiled by Miguel Guhlin. It include most all of the aspects of the teaching enterprise (including pre-assessment, … Continue reading

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How gesture and movement help us think

From Annie Murphy Paul @anniemurphypaul Exciting new ideas about how gesture and movement help us think Jordan Ellenberg hates PowerPoint slides. And whiteboards. For him (and for his fellow math professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), it’s an old-fashioned blackboard … Continue reading

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Spring 2021 Websites

Miya Christiansen: https://miyaswebpage.wordpress.com/ Brianna Gorsuch: https://mathwithmissg650681653.wordpress.com/ These are the Spring 2021 Math 304 students.

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A few notes on making web sites

Tools for making webpages (web sites). WordPress. (blog) Posts – more timely, often shorter, specific to one topic. Have categories and tags. Pages – often more long-term. Could be more lengthy. (Pages do not have categories or tags.) Can use … Continue reading

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Instrumental and Relational Understanding

Good article on instrumental and relational understanding. Focus on Relational Understanding

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Putting Synthesis back in Bloom.

Benjamin Bloom published his taxonomy in 1956. In 2001, the categories were revised. Synthesis was taken out and Creating put in (among other smaller changes). Erik Francis points out (article link below) the importance for learner to synthesize and puts … Continue reading

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An angle inscribed in a semicircle

Hereis a tweet with a nice proof of the theorem that is the namesake of this website https://twitter.com/professorbrenda/status/1323095111954288640?s=21

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3 Great WIU Graduates Teaching MS Math

These guys are teaching math and helping students in many ways. Read the full story here (from WIU website). Read the full story here (from McDonough County Voice Newspaper).

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