Author Archives: drjimo

Catalyzing Change

Posted on May 1, 2018 by drjimo

Catalyzing Change in High School Mathematics: Initiating Critical Conversations Book released by NCTM in April 2018. See the page on this site.

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Spring 2018 Websites

Posted on March 6, 2018 by drjimo

Here are the websites by students in Math 304 in the spring 2018 semester. Mia Calderone: https://macalderone.wordpress.com/ Jerry Morales: https://soccer4life8295.wixsite.com/jerrym Jordan Hughes: jhughes44.wordpress.com/ Logan Brown: https://mrbrownhomepage.wordpress.com/

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Roots of Unity

Posted on March 5, 2018 by drjimo

on GeoGebra https://www.geogebra.org/m/sZFwAZfs

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Use the new TEP Handbook

Posted on March 2, 2018 by drjimo

Note for teacher education students at W.I.U. The TEP Handbook has been updated.  There are numerous links still existing to the old handbook. You might use the link to the TEP Handbook at http://www.wiu.edu/coehs/cpep/ As of 2-28-18 the TEP Handbook … Continue reading →

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New Illinois Math Content Test Coming May 14, 2018.

Posted on February 26, 2018 by drjimo

The math content test (presently “115”) is changing to “208” on 5/14/18. See http://www.il.nesinc.com/PageView.aspx?f=GEN_Tests.html

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Wow, Annie Forest’s VLOG Made Me Flashback

Posted on February 12, 2018 by drjimo

While listening to Annie Forest’s vlog at http://showyourthinkingmath.blogspot.com/2017/04/small-changes-that-make-big-impact.html  my life kinda flashed before my eyes! As further background, Mrs. Forest is highlighting an excellent article, titled, “Never Say Anything a Kid Can Say!”  Author: Reinhart, Steven C.;  Source: Mathematics Teaching in the Middle … Continue reading →

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Desmos files

Posted on February 8, 2018 by drjimo

Here is a spreadsheet (shared Google Sheet) with some Desmos files on sheet 1 Desmos Classroom Activities on sheet 2 http://bit.ly/OlsenDesmosTable

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Welcome Spring 2018 Math 304 Students

Posted on January 13, 2018 by drjimo

Welcome Math 304 students! This webpage is one of two main webpages we use for Math 304. The other two are WesternOnline and Math 304 Resources Page. We use this webpage for announcements and links to teaching resources. I look … Continue reading →

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Using Rich Problems for Differentiated Instruction

Posted on June 27, 2017 by drjimo

This is a good paper describing the use and characteristics of rich problems. http://math.sfsu.edu/hsu/papers/HsuKyshResek-RichProblems.pdf (The teaching method here is Teaching With Tasks.) Has 3 examples of rich problems First is rich and fairly basic and doable. Second is excellent. #differenceofsquares … Continue reading →

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Hidden Figures Curriculum for Schools

Posted on April 17, 2017 by drjimo

Check out http://mentalfloss.com/article/94297/hidden-figures-coming-classrooms Free download of a curriculum based on the movie Hidden Figures.

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