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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 So: what is the current state of developmental education? According to Hunter Boylan: “If the only thing that you are offering your students is a course in pre-algebra, then it is probably a remedial course. If […]
August 1, 2018
(‘dem bones… the Mary Ellen Carter… and this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42F12OUTkIo ) Tomorrow is “help with STAR” across the way. Blog read of the day: “Nothing new, Just a Review, Part 2:” wherein the blogger says he likes to start each day with a low-stakes quiz because that’ retrieval, thank you. And it’s a good thing that the […]
July 16, 2018
http://images.pearsonassessments.com/images/NES_Publications/2009_ES_Publications/06_Stigler.pdf “Reflections on Mathematics Teaching and How To IMprove It.” This reminds me of the MTT2K winning movie: What if Khan Academy was Made In Japan? The article noted that across countries, teaching tended to be done the same way, which surprised them. The “second truth” was that … there’s more than one way […]
July 12, 2018
Going to start w/ “integers early” version and an interactive “let’s put these degrees where they’d be on the thermometer” thing. There are 31 activities that come up on Geogebra when I search for “thermometer,” including 1 from Illustrative Math that has an activity with a word problem, where you can use the activity to […]
June 22, 2018
Okay, I didn’t ride out to shop yet becasue it’s just raining and raining. Will just put on the raincoat…. … downloaded Audacity and am doing same for Aptana. I have the UDL guidelines and the “six strategies for effective learning,” and … decided to make an infographic of my own for the Structured, Multisensory […]
June 18, 2018
I’m writing up the “background” for this OER math project. “Explain how the project came about…” well, that would take a page or two… I wanted to link to UDL principles and noticed they “have a new home” http://udlguidelines.cast.org/ and that their chart still outlines “Provide multiple means of…” representation, action and expression, and engagement.” […]
May 4, 2018
Yesterday’s email included a link from Landmark School’s outreach about math It includes this insight: Memory is strengthened by richness and logic of content. A student looking out the classroom window might mutter “dog” while observing a magnificent German short-haired pointer loping through a freshly poured cement sidewalk. Clearly, something is being missed in the translation. It […]
September 18, 2018
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