Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Rational Expressions Treasure Hunt (or, Intrinsic Motivation for the Intrinsically Unmotivat-able Bits)

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We are coming up on our state testing window (STAR testing in California, ugh), which means it's time to finish "covering" all...
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Sunday, March 25, 2012

On Meeting Sam, or How Twitter and Blogging Refreshes My Teaching Practice... and My Life

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So Sam Shah was in town for a visit, and a bunch of us got together Friday night for drinks and dinner in his honor. Before anything, I s...
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

The Big Ideas inside the 'big ideas'

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As I've been organizing my job search materials, I've been reflecting on some of the Big Ideas I have learned are the most important...
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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Waiting for Gratitude: a reflection on pink slip day (or, Beware the Ides of March)

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I got my pink slip early this year, and I'm finding that waiting for gratitude is a bit like waiting for Godot. But my dharma practice t...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Cherry Blossom Season in the Classroom

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On a morning like this, when I have too many papers to grade, lessons to plan, and comments to write, I try to remember the essential sweetn...
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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Put some big, ironic air quotes around that word "winning"

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My school is located in a sports-crazy town. It's not just that we are located very close to our major professional sports teams or that...
Sunday, February 5, 2012

NCTM Standard 7: fostering "positive dispositions toward mathematics"

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Standard 7 for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics measures whether well-qualified math teachers "support a positive dispos...
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