Mathematics teacher (and learner!) and year adviser (welfare)
ACT, AU
Joined April 2015
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Tricks (in maths class), and What To Do About Them fivetwelvethirteen.wordpress…
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I Started Khan Academy. We Can Still Avoid an Education Catastrophe. flip.it/npHBA6
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We know by Year 11 what mark students will get in Year 12. Do we still need a stressful exam? theconversation.com/we-know-… via @ConversationEDU Good read and the right question. When all is done, I fear we will see 2020 as a missed opportunity.
Report reveals 21st C skills needed to future-proof students about.unimelb.edu.au/newsroo… "Prospective employers want to know...attendance, attitude & abilities" I feel we mostly cover this already; perhaps more on "critical & creative thinking, intercultural & ethical understanding"
Key quote: "When maths teachers see students struggling... go back... until the student has confidently mastered that skill or concept"
Teaching maths – what does the evidence say actually works? theconversation.com/teaching… via @ConversationEDU
Disclaimer: I haven't chased the research, but still got me thinking...
Not getting enough sleep? You're literally poisoning your brain. New research shows why. @MindaZetlin inc.com/minda-zetlin/sleep-a… via @Inc
Food for thought: 'If I were in charge of the HSC...' smh.com.au/national/nsw/if-i… via @smh
Start with "cultivat[ing] an attitude of gratitude"
How Complaining Rewires Your Brain for Negativity - The Mission - Medium medium.com/the-mission/how-c…
Sadly see this mentality too often: "national scoring system... discourages high school students from taking on difficult subjects for fear of getting a lower score"
Chief Scientist says obsession with ATAR is leading students astray smh.com.au/national/victoria… via @smh
Thought provoking post encouraging me to train myself "to notice what students do understand"
❌ "misconception"
✅ "current conception"
This is so good from @mdrzavala. Please read it. #iteachmath mariazavalaphd.com/2019/08/0…
Reinforcing the value of connecting with families: A Parents’ Night Recipe gse.harvard.edu/uk/blog/pare… via @UKnowHGSE
Besides a retweet, I wonder what else I could/should be doing...
24 young Indigenous people have died by suicide this year prompting a national campaign abc.net.au/triplej/programs/…. A national emergency by any reckoning for any community group. But for this to occur to our First Nation peoples, this is a national shame. I’m so sad.
Food for thought - consider what you hope to achieve...
Students learn more effectively from print textbooks than screens, study says - Business Insider @bradmerrick @jvoneinem @ShawAllanJ @galloised @ theconversation.com/the-endu…
"The use of A to E grades would make more sense if all students began the school year at the same starting point" One e.g. of a quote from here--> teachermagazine.com.au/artic…
Look forward to sharing about Alison in term 4 stats classes!
'I've always loved numbers': Meet the grandmother of Australian mathematics abc.net.au/news/2018-10-08/m… via @ABCNews
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How to improve the school results: not extra maths but music, loads of it theguardian.com/education/20… @PJjHeath @BarkerInstitute @Asme_Music_Ed @joelcopeland84 @AndyMifsud @MartinLubrano @BarkerResearch Interesting but not uncommon, aligns with findings from many studies.
A good goal, "to increase the amount of thinking"
Encouraging students' "I wonder what if...?" questions, not "Did I do this right?" questions, in math class: ow.ly/Qxa37
