Back in 2005, I spoke at the Asilomar meeting of the California Math Council. In that session (cheerfully titled "Nothing Works",) I presented a great many ideas about every aspect of the art of teaching math (slides | outline | article). Among those ideas:Make mathematical mistakes on purpose or otherwise, and model a positive response… Continue reading Growth Mindset for Teachers?
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Northern California December Events
I suspect that some readers of this blog do not subscribe to my newsletter, so I will use this post and the next to let you know about some news in my math education life. If you did get the November issue of the newsletter, you might read on anyway, as I will be going… Continue reading Northern California December Events
Online Collaboration
In 2008, I gave a talk about teacher collaboration at the Asilomar meeting of the California Math Council. It was well attended, and well received, but more than a few attendees told me that they had no one to collaborate with. They were the only math teacher at their school, or the only one teaching… Continue reading Online Collaboration
NCTM wrap-up
I only attended a few sessions at NCTM-Boston, because I spent a fair amount of time promoting the Lab Gear. I already posted my report on Geoff Krall's strategies to improve the problems we find in standard textbooks. In this post, I'll go over some of the other worthwhile ideas I came across.- Scott Steketee… Continue reading NCTM wrap-up
NCTM Report: Adaptation
I'm just back from the NCTM National Meeting in Boston, where I promoted the Lab Gear at the Didax booth, and attended a few sessions.One nice thing about NCTM was the opportunity to connect with friends and colleagues who I don't see often enough. Another is running into fans of my work, which happened with… Continue reading NCTM Report: Adaptation
I’ve Got a Problem!
Many, many years ago, I saw this problem somewhere:Arrange the whole numbers from 1 to 18 into nine pairs, so that the sum of the numbers in each pair is a perfect square.I liked the problem, and included it in a book I co-authored (Algebra: Themes, Tools, Concepts, following lesson 5.5). In the Teacher's Edition,… Continue reading I’ve Got a Problem!
Pattern Blocks on Pi Day
I'll be offering a workshop for middle school and high school teachers on March 14 at the American Institute for Mathematics in San Jose. My topic is pattern blocks:<img alt="" height="76" src="data: Pattern blocks are ubiquitous in elementary schools, but they're not commonly seen in middle school or high school. Yet, they do offer plenty of… Continue reading Pattern Blocks on Pi Day
Saturday workshop
I will present a workshop at the the Math Teachers' Circle in Palo Alto (at the American Institute of Mathematics.) The topic is area on a lattice, which we will explore on geoboards and dot paper. We will discuss "curricular" classroom applications (the Pythagorean theorem, simplifying radicals) as well as Pick's theorem and its proof,… Continue reading Saturday workshop
Asilomar Report, Part 2
Read about my morning at the Asilomar meeting of the California Math Council here.My afternoon was taken up with function diagrams. First, I attended Martin Flashman's presentation on this topic, then I made my own presentation, and finally I had dinner with Martin. (If you know nothing about function diagrams, read no further. Or find… Continue reading Asilomar Report, Part 2
Summer Workshops
I'll be teaching four workshops in June, at the Urban School of San Francisco's Center for Innovative Teaching. I just posted the info here. Some changes from past years:I've broken up my Geometry workshop, which used to be three or four days, into two chunks, two days each. The first (Hands-On Geometry) will be based… Continue reading Summer Workshops
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