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renegotiating the didactic contract

Monday, December 21, 2015

Burning Questions

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The great psychologist and inner development teacher A.H. Almaas is one of my favorite authors of talks that make me think hard and clearly ...
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

On using privilege to combat racism: a love letter to #educolor, from an aspiring ally

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It has been inspiring this past week to watch my young fellow Princetonians confront the legacy of institutional racism that is quite liter...
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Thursday, November 19, 2015

A Modeling Manifesto — join the sense-making revolution

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I have HAD IT with bogus PD. As usual, there was a lot of warm and fluffy language about finding things that different students had shown ...
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

DANCE DANCE TRANSVERSAL - logistics and playlists in a very crowded room (Geometry)

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I originally received the very useful Dance Dance Geometry game (in PowerPoint) about six years ago from the very generous David Sladkey o...
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Saturday, September 19, 2015

Proportional Reasoning Capture Recapture with Goldfish Activity (Algebra 1)

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I recently ran  Julie's version of Capture Recapture with Goldfish activity with my Algebra 1 classes today. It was a huge hit...
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Sunday, September 13, 2015

"How People Learn" and how people learn

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How People Learn (HPL) is back in the blogs again , and for me, that is always a good thing. There is so much value, depth, and humanity in ...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

"Find What You Love; Do More of It"— #MTBoS Edition, a report from the field

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While my friend @TrianglemanCSD Christopher Danielson is holding down the fort at the Minnesota State Fair and the Math On A Stick exhibit, ...
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Math teacher, writer, Buddhist, NPR commentator, Desmos Fellow. Focusing on gifted edu for culturally & linguistically diverse students. I would like for math teachers to feel less alone.

"Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed. This is an ancient and eternal law." -- Buddha, Dhammapada

INQUIRY & TEACHING INTERESTS:
multicultural gifted edu; equitable exploratory talk in math (esp. Talking Points); intrinsic motivation & flow with an emphasis on joy (à la Dan Pink's Drive); developmental psychology of secondary math students; sparking engagement through authentic understanding; restorative practices.
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