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Showing posts with label Mathematical Practices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mathematical Practices. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Chords and Secants and Tangents, oh my!

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Once you get to circles, chords, tangents, secants, arcs, and angles in Geometry, it's all just a nightmare of things to memorize — whic...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

TMC #14 Group Work Working Group Morning Session – Annotated References & Framework

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I'm having a lot of fun planning the Group Work Working Group morning session for Twitter Math Camp 2014, and it's time to start sha...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Compound Inequalities Treasure Map

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Never underestimate the power of novelty to help you engage certain students. I just spent the last hour and a half-long block period with...
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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

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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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