Thursday, January 29, 2015

Swan-style matching task — matching polar graphs with polar equations (Precalculus)

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This was a winner. By turning a perfunctory matching activity into a group task, I created a rich mathematical investigation that achieved i...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Here's an example: how I use Talking Points both before and *for* mathematical conversation

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OK, here's an example of how I used Talking Points first to get students primed for listening and considering other viewpoints, and the...
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Monday, January 19, 2015

On Talking Points, disidentification, meditation, and the need for a structure

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One of the things I have noticed with discouraged math learners and Talking Points — or other disidentification techniques — is that student...
Friday, January 16, 2015

New Discoveries About Talking Points (BRIEF POST)

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Through a conversation with Ilana Horn (@tchmathculture) and Michael Pershan (@mpershan) this morning at 5 am Pacific Time, I've had ano...
Friday, October 24, 2014

On the importance of scaffolding within the zone of proximal development

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I don't know about you, but my experiences with even the best Shell Centre tasks (their Formative Assessment Lessons, or "FALs...
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Slogging through the middle – in praise of wallowing

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in praise of wallowing in the middle of stuff -- marinating, versus just discovering As much as I love discovery learning, there is a dirt...
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The Secret of Flowchart Proofs #officesupplies

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Two words for you: Tiny. Post-Its: UPDATE — OK, so maybe there is still a tiny bit more to say about this. One of my Geometr...
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