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Monthly Archives: August 2014

Why Do Americans Stink At Math?

August 6, 2014

I’ve now read the New York Times Magazine article called “Why Do Americans Stink at Math?” twice. The whole article is …

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Projectile Motion Project, Pt. 4: MIND = BLOWN

August 4, 2014

I left off last post asking how one could restrict the domain and range of the graph on the left to look …

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Projectile Motion Project, Pt. 3: Broken Tech = Great Math Challenge

August 3, 2014

Full disclosure: What I’m about to share is not typical of 9th grade students in Algebra 1. My school offers …

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Projectile Motion Project, Pt. 2: The Expected Results

August 3, 2014

Let me go back a step and talk about why I do this project on projectile motion. In my class, …

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Projectile Motion Project, Pt. 1

August 3, 2014

So I did this project with my 9th grade algebra students in 2013-2014 called Projectile Motion. As the name might …

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Water Line

August 2, 2014

I included a lesson plan, student work and analysis in my application for a Math for America fellowship. The lesson I chose involved …

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Hey! I’m a Fellow!

August 2, 2014

I was recently awarded a Math for America Master Teacher fellowship. The five-year program will connect me to a terrific network of …

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  • Transforming a Math Program, Pt. 3: Assessing what we value
  • Transforming a Math Program, Pt. 2: Nesting problems in projects
  • Transforming a Math Program, Pt. 1: A simple change…
  • Crossing My Fingers for Conference Season
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  • Procedures without understanding
  • Biggest takeaways from NCTM Boston (one month later)
  • Curiosity is contagious
  • Chris Rock, on teaching (Part 2)
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