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
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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
Candle Burn #WCYDWT
The structure of this post comes from Dan Meyer’s Three Acts of A Mathematical Story. Act 1 Play the teaser video. Have students write down questions they have about the video. Ask them to be silent during this part so … Continue reading
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IcoSoKu
From the brilliant(?) minds at vat19.com, I present to you, the IcoSoKu: Just thousands, that’s it? In my list of mathematical strengths probability does not appear, but there are: 12 unique numbers (vertices of an icosahedron), so 12! = 479,001,600 ways to arrange … Continue reading
Khan Academy and SBG
@CmonMattTHINK put forth a comment on twitter a couple of mornings ago: Salman Khan TED-talks about classroom inversion: http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html Very exciting, yes. But I must be the cranky old man and say.. SO much of this (and SBG) is about … Continue reading
Toilet Paper Tubes and the Empire State Building #wcydwt
So I’m watching the idiot tube the other day and I saw a commercial by Scott Paper Company that claimed that if everyone in America used their tubeless toilet paper product, then we would save two Empire State buildings of … Continue reading
Why Teachers Like Me Support Unions.
Why do I support teacher unions? Because the quality of education is better. Yes it is. (note: I worked in a private boarding school for two years before moving to public schools). We want our students taught by teachers who … Continue reading
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No Homework Grade! No Way!
In concert with the Standards Based Grading, I’ve also changed my homework policy. In the past I would check homework completion levels every day from every student. They would have a grade out of 4; 4 fully done, 2 half … Continue reading
A Converse Tale
For the past 6 years I’ve been explaining converse (of the inverse, converse, and contrapositive fame) by saying that you can switch your Converse® shoes from left to right (although potentially uncomfortable), but you certainly cannot negate your Converse® shoes. … Continue reading