Category Archives: Motivation

WALDO – Workflowing the Amazing Lesson Design Outline

Posted on August 14, 2023 by drjimo

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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Parenting, math, and the Growth Mindset

Posted on March 23, 2016 by drjimo

https://www.youcubed.org/handout-for-parents/

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3 Things Students Want to Hear

Posted on January 9, 2016 by drjimo

   http://www.edutopia.org/blog/students-desire-to-hear-from-teachers-lori-desautels?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

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I want math to be realistic and meaningful

Posted on September 19, 2015 by drjimo

realistic: I take this from Flickr from CU-Boulder and Freudenthal Institute US hosted the Fifth Realistic Mathematics Education conference, or RME5, in September of 2015.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/downclimb/sets/72157656469778994/  Realistic: imaginable, realizable, not just “real-world” Meaningful: significant, relevant, important, consequential, telling, material, valid, … Continue reading →

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Motivating the Unmotivated

Posted on August 12, 2015 by drjimo

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/motivating-unmotivated-chelsea-dale?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc 

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