Dear young teacher, I am retired from schools, after 42 years in the classroom, grades K-12. In the second half of my career, I ended up mentoring a number of young first-year teachers. In general, that went very well, so I thought I would share some ideas about what made it work. Also, I participated… Continue reading Dear Young Teacher
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Project SEED
Like most teachers, I learned the craft on the job, with the help of colleagues. The formal training I received in college was not that useful, with one exception: my short stint as a Community Teaching Fellow (CTF) when I was a math graduate student: I got paid as a Teaching Assistant, but my teaching… Continue reading Project SEED
The Calculus Project
This is a guest post by Adrian Mims, one of the author of the open letter I responded to in Yet More on the California Framework (Part 1) and (Part 2). Read it, and click on the links therein. -- Henri --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Henri, Thank you for sharing the links to your posts. The one… Continue reading The Calculus Project
Yet More on the California Framework (Part 2)
Previously on this topic: The California Math Framework Revision More on the California Framework Detracking, How To Yet More on the California Framework (Part 1) In my last post (#4), I shared three important points raised by Boaz Barak, Edith Cohen, Adrian Mims, and Jelani Nelson in their open letter about the California Math Framework Revision (CMFR). I… Continue reading Yet More on the California Framework (Part 2)
Yet More on the California Framework (Part 1)
There is a new open letter by STEM practitioners who oppose the California Math Framework revision (CMFR). The same group also published an Analysis and Critique of the proposed changes, and a blog post by Boaz Barak and Edith Cohen. I’ll use the latter's initials (BB/EC) to refer to them and the set of three… Continue reading Yet More on the California Framework (Part 1)
Asilomar report, 2021
I attended the California Math Council North’s conference in Asilomar last weekend. Because of Covid, it was a dramatically smaller conference than usual. As a consequence, there were fewer sessions to choose from, and probably a smaller turnout for many of them. Here is my nearly annual report. Python Turtle Ned Diamond presented the Python… Continue reading Asilomar report, 2021
Detracking, How To
This is my third post on the in-process revision of the California Math Framework. If you haven’t yet, please read the first two: The California Math Framework Revision, and More on the California Framework. I just reread them, and find that I stand by what I wrote: the revision attempts to address an important issue: low-track… Continue reading Detracking, How To
More on the California Framework
The Independent Institute published an Open Letter to Governor Newsom, calling for the complete abandonment of the (currently in progress) revision of the California Math Framework. Before I share my thoughts about the letter, I will ask you to please make sure you read a previous post, in which I commented on the current draft… Continue reading More on the California Framework
Geometric Puzzles Unit
The Geometric Puzzles home page on my website contains many links, and it is organized reasonably well. Still, someone who is not familiar with all these puzzles may need help in turning them into a curriculum unit. This is what I hope to do in this post. (I will try to not duplicate the overview of… Continue reading Geometric Puzzles Unit
The Game of Pent
Puzzles are a big part of my work as a teacher and curriculum developer, as you can see in this article, in the Geometric Puzzles launch page on my website, and in fact throughout my books. (Not to mention my parallel career of sorts as a cryptic crosswords constructor, and how I spend much of my free time.)… Continue reading The Game of Pent
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