Altitude Sickness
Act 1 View from Pikes Peak: On a trip out west with my wife, we took a trip up to the top of Pikes Peak by Colorado Springs. I’m calling this post Altitude Sickness because despite having this post in … Continue reading
Author Archives: Dan
SBG: Please Help – A Question
“Math class is tough.” Barbie (1992) How can I use SBG to challenge the top learners? So after weeping quietly into my cereal while looking at the Geometry Regents results at the end of this year (just kidding, I don’t … Continue reading
Math Notebook Questions
End of the year reflection time. In my 7 years of teaching, I’ve never required my students to have a math notebook. The sum total of my speaking on the subject is probably a couple of minutes at the … Continue reading
Dartboard Problem
From Infinigons, etc: Putting myself in kids’ shoes You have a square dartboard. What is the probability that a randomly-thrown dart will land closer to the center of the dartboard than to an edge? Superb problem. I took the lazy route. … Continue reading
SBG: A Small Tweak and a Feedback Inequality
The grading system in Geometry this year was described to the students with the following description: The final concept grade will be out of a grade of 8. The best you can do on the first quiz is a 4 … Continue reading
Geometry SBG Concept list
To copy Ms. Nowizee from last year, I want to share my Geometry Concept List. This was the first year of Standards Based Grading in Geometry, and before seeing the end of the year results, I’d give it a B (more … Continue reading
Car Talk Puzzler (The Colored Caps)
The newest car talk puzzler. Draw a diagram, it may help. Three men, Mr. White, Mr. Brown and Mr. Green, were in the habit of meeting in a local doughnut shop every morning for coffee and doughnuts. One morning as … Continue reading
Why Math? Neil deGrasse Tyson Responds
Must watch: Math needs better marketing. There are people who say “I’ll never need this math, these trig identities”, from 10th grade, or 11th grade, or maybe you never learned them. Here’s the catch. Whether or not you ever … Continue reading
Wonderlic Test
Wonderlic Sample Test If you’ve never heard of the Wonderlic, it’s an exam given to players entering the NFL draft every year. The Wonderlic is an exam comprised of 50 questions. Players have 12 minutes to complete the test. The … Continue reading
Scavenger Hunt: Geometry Regents Review
Quick post: In NY our end of the year exam is the Regents exam (no comment). The schedule of the exams this year means that I won’t see my students for 13 days. Great. I made up a Geometry Regents … Continue reading