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One of my tweeple is also doing duolingo for Spanish. I mentioned that I’d briefly scanned for “duolingo for math.” Yes, it’s discussed and there are several “things modeled after it.” Sigh, though, the modeling after is … the yays and the clicks and the levels …. the stuff of “how can we structure this […]
January 15, 2021
And 3-day weekend! Yes, I took the bus this a.m. — but hadn’t successfully gotten my itty bitty computer to work so I couldn’t read the Long Thing About How Your Little Certificate Programs Keep Poor People Poor. I *could* read this little description of a way to teach multiplication called Please Go and Bring […]
March 2, 2020
On twitter that’s the phrase used and I rejoice because it’s not “ability” grouping as if it were a trait not a dynamic state. The discussion then turned into “but how do we teach groups that have some folks at [some level I don’t understand but it had the number 9 in it] and […]
March 21, 2019
So I’m working w/ lessons for Illustrative Mathematics. I’m going to try to brainstorm for myself…. what are some of the number sense obstacles that are *not* “quick-fixable” but which could, if I put them in a mess of times…. be eroded. I’m inspired by the students who have been coming in this Spring […]
January 3, 2019
Okay, going to make a list on a post-it note and start chipping away at minutiae, but first! twitter says Desmos is hiring. Yea, even the page abotu working there reminds me how “silicon valley culture” they are (e.g., the prize for a contest at TMC18 being one of their folks making a video saying […]
November 14, 2018
Last week a student came in to prep for assessment. I was ‘snatching myself bald-headed’ saying, “no, finish the assessment. If you don’t know it, *then* you’ll get to practice it.” No, the student really really really wanted to get things right based on fragments of misremembered procedures… I was bemoaning that procedural background (not […]
September 26, 2017
A good one! It was not about the magnificent shiny tools… it was about getting a team together and using the tools and involving the students in the process. First — yes, in the two years they’ve been doing it, math “MAP” scores (I infer a standardized assessment of your skills) have gone […]
September 5, 2017
Mainly I’m doing the time-honored “find that powerpoint file so you can do a better video.” Looked to youtube to see what’s out there already and found several “here are the rules! This is EASY!!!” — breaking two of *my* rules. Don’t tell me it’s easy just because it’s easy for you! and […]
August 11, 2017
Okay, not totally… but late getting out to ride, and still working on the very first question to turn into MathML (and wondering whether it’s a complete waste of time). Well, not complete b/c it means I’m going through each and every question. Decided that it wasn’t lazy to fail to put in the […]
July 31, 2017
So, putting people in “groups” by what they need to learn can be “hard on self-esteem.” Therefore… we shouldn’t do it. However, I know in most cycling clubs, there are different level rides. What are some differences? Perhaps the biggest one is that the word “ability” isn’t usually part of the description. Speed and […]
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April 20, 2021
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