Thursday, August 28, 2014

My Confession, Part 1: I Undergo Mathematical Trauma

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   I was never good at math.  My struggle, my inability to get it , has colored my feelings toward the subject, feelings which remain even t...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Don't Worry So Much

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       Reading Chris Lehmann's post about encountering former students as adults has inspired me to share some thoughts.  He's absol...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Making a Big Thing Out of it Would've Been a Good Idea: Practice Standard #6

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   Is there a better example of the importance of   Math Practice Standard 6 , Attend to Precision, than the Stonehenge fiasco in Rob Reiner...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Summer in New Jersey, or What in the World is Sitzfleisch?

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It's summer here in the Garden State.  That means: These are amazing.  No tomato in the world comes close. White, yellow, bi-col...
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Friday, June 13, 2014

"The world would be a great place if we could play Factor Captor all day long."

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     Factor Captor is an Everyday Math game designed to help students practice identifying factors and multiples, and explore prime and co...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Lights, Camera, Estimate!

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Readers know that Andrew Stadel's estimation180 site has had a tremendous influence on our teaching practice.  Thus far we've conc...
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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Boogers and Bloody Noses

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I suppose I should no longer be surprised when a simple  estimation180 activity explodes into a full blown lesson.  Or lessons.  But ones...
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