I'll be presenting a six-minute talk on "Kindergarten manipulatives in high school" after the main-stage TEDxSF event simulcast this Saturday, April 9, at the Urban School of San Francisco.There may still be some tickets available. Click here for more info.--Henri
Tag: Teaching
Online Presentation
My online presentation about Escape from the Textbook! was recorded. You can be watch / listen to it by going tohttp://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/EscapeFromTheTextbookIn addition to introducing the Escape! concept and community, I gave as an example my approach to teaching arithmetic and geometric sequences (starting with iterating linear functions,) and series (emphasizing algorithms over formulas.) You can… Continue reading Online Presentation
Online meeting about Escape from the Textbook!
You are invited to an open online meeting of the "Escape from the Textbook!" community, conducted as a part of the Math Future weekly series. You can chat with community members, meet new colleagues, and brainstorm future live meetings for the group.My plan as it stands now is to start by explaining the idea behind… Continue reading Online meeting about Escape from the Textbook!
Escape from the Textbook! Live stream
The Escape from the Textbook! conference is happening this Saturday, Feb 12, at the Urban School of San Francisco. It is completely sold out.However you will be able to participate remotely via live streaming and a chat room on the Web. Full details (speakers, schedule, etc.) are available on the Escape! Web site.--Henri
But does it work?
I'll be speaking at a conference in New York City on Saturday, January 15, on a panel with three other teachers from the Urban School of San Francisco. The conference sponsor is the Independent Curriculum Group, a network of schools that are working to develop home-grown curricula and to de-emphasize APs.The conference will be held… Continue reading But does it work?
Escape from the Textbook!
I co-presented "Escape from the Textbook!" with Carlos Cabana at the Asilomar meeting of the California Math Council. The turnout was good, and the talk was well received. A bunch of people joined the Escape from the Textbook! community in the following days, and several said they'd come to the February 12 conference. (You should… Continue reading Escape from the Textbook!
Op ed in The Mathematics Teacher
I had an op ed ("Soundoff") published in the November 2010 issue of The Mathematics Teacher, a special issue on technology. ( I suspect it is only available on line to members of the National Council of Teachers of Math.) The piece is a substantially expanded version of my blog posts about why I use… Continue reading Op ed in The Mathematics Teacher
Student course evaluations
When I started teaching high school, I was rather shocked that the routine on the job at the time included a course evaluation form to be filled in by students at the end of every term. Teenagers were to evaluate adults!I was particularly disturbed by the pedagogically questionable assumptions and implications of the form. One… Continue reading Student course evaluations
Little girls and math
A friend is concerned that her daughter may already be getting the wrong message about math and gender in kindergarten. This is not as far-fetched as it seems, according to this article. She is planning to start a math club of sorts for her daughter and her friends.My advice to her: do whatever math you… Continue reading Little girls and math
Geometry book recommendation
A correspondent asks for a recommendation for a geometry book.My favorite by far is Geometry: A Guided Inquiry by Chakerian, Crabill and Stein. This is the book that had the greatest impact on my approach to teaching high school math. It came out in the 1970's, I believe, but was far ahead of its time.… Continue reading Geometry book recommendation
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