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Monthly Archives: November 2014

Before graphing the story

November 19, 2014

“What I’m going to ask you to do is watch a video. It’s a short video, made by me. You’re …

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Projectile Motion Project, Final Chapter: NASA, hire these 9th graders now!

November 18, 2014

Last I left off, an ambitious group of kids had solved this question (that they asked themselves): There’s a projectile …

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My own “Grant Wiggins quest”

November 12, 2014

I’ve been having trouble with a kid we’ll call Miguel. Miguel is a sweet kid. He wants to succeed in school, …

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Great, so every discipline system will inevitably traumatize or ruin students?

November 11, 2014

Just listened to This American Life from a couple weeks ago about discipline in schools (linked here). They packed a lot …

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Projectile Motion Project, Pt 6: Untangling on another level

November 9, 2014

I recently wrote about a group of high-flying kids who blew my mind with their work on this question that they chose: There’s …

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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
  • Candy Combinatorics
  • Procedures without understanding
  • Biggest takeaways from NCTM Boston (one month later)
  • Curiosity is contagious
  • Chris Rock, on teaching (Part 2)
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