Catalyzing Change in High School Mathematics: Initiating Critical Conversations
Book released by NCTM in April 2018.
See the page on this site.
Catalyzing Change in High School Mathematics: Initiating Critical Conversations
Book released by NCTM in April 2018.
See the page on this site.
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/
on GeoGebra
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 was updated January 2018.
In particular, when writing the reflective paper, we now have four (4) dispositions.
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 School, v5 n8 p478-83 Apr 2000. The article is excellent!
The things I learned from my teachers and other teachers that I’ve been using (as a teacher) that I often don’t think about. I’ll make a short list here. This probably needs to be further developed at some point.
T: OK now we have 2.8x = 18.2
T: Do we have a mental math strategy for that? (3 second wait) I don’t think so. Please put that into a calculator. (3 second wait) Who has the answer? (BTW, as the S’s are punching keys, I’m doing a mental estimate 😉
S: 6.5
Then T looks around the room. If at least two other students (with calculators out) give a head-nod, T moves on. If there are no head nods, T asks, “Does 6.5 agree with the other calculators in the room?”
I use this strategy for the following reasons:
#HelpStudentsLearn
Here is a spreadsheet (shared Google Sheet) with some
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 forward to working with you in this course.
You might also check out my Teaching Resources webpage. This is long-running page of resources (and is useful, I hope), but is not considered a ‘main’ page for Math 304.
Dr. Olsen
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
The article does a nice job of showing how instruction and (formative) assessment go hand-in-hand.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, it has good mathematics.
Check out http://mentalfloss.com/article/94297/hidden-figures-coming-classrooms
Free download of a curriculum based on the movie Hidden Figures.