Working to make high school mathematics meaningful, enjoyable, and equitable
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Joined February 2012
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Does mathematical modeling improve society? This week’s episode of Computational Conversations with @JonMcLoone
youtube.com/watch?v=xwn2TZ_a…
#computation #modeling #podcast
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New High School content on the website today!
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Years ago, @Mathowitz introduced me to Circle Tic Tac Toe. Yesterday, I decided to put a seasonal twist on it and create Spider Web Tic Tac Toe for Halloween.
mathequalslove.net/spider-we…
#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom
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I decided to put a seasonal twist on a classic chess puzzle to make a new Halloween Puzzle for my students to tackle as one of this week's puzzles.
Can you solve the 8 Bats Puzzle?
mathequalslove.net/8-bats-ha…
#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom
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Math classes often ask for you to check yourself at the door, that in there you are the ‘mathematician’.
Becoming a mathematician doesn’t mean you need to shapeshift. Your unique lived experiences are inherently mathematical.
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Where's the math leadership in education that consistently rails against the negative impacts of standardized testing. Without it, I am not sure leadership is a title that can be claimed with any degree of honesty.
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Used this task again today - they solved the initial problem more quickly than last year, so I asked them “what would a mathematician want to investigate next?” and gave them time to explore a direction of their choice.
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I rarely see anyone in math education take aim at this. To offer changes to math education and NOT addressing this is a cause for concern.
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About 40 years ago I prepared some resources for before-school, after-school, and Saturday morning maths clubs. I found some of them last week, and thought I would share them more widely. Please feel free to use in whatever way you like: bit.ly/45o6DSV
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And this paradoxical insight from @DLabaree: "Dewey's undiminished prominence in the realm of educational ideas is a sign of his failure in changing America's schools," whereas many of the behaviorists are forgotten precisely because their ideas have triumphed."
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Our position statement on the intersection of culture and math is out now: nctm.link/ve9pn
Join us this Thursday to learn how to integrate culturally responsive practices into #mathematics learning: nctm.link/DHXfV
ALT Mathematics is not culture neutral.
ALT Effective mathematics instruction leverages cultural knowledge and lived experiences as assets.
ALT Effective mathematics teachers are culturally conscious.
ALT Effective schools develop systemic approaches that embrace culturally relevant mathematics instruction.
Bryan Meyer retweeted
When teachers complained to Ted Sizer about a kid, he’d gently reframe by asking “What does this student need from you?”
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Congratulations to @UTSA student and #TMO2024 student voices panelist Julius Cervantes for his recent op-ed on the importance of data, statistics, and math relevancy.
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💫Today we launch the Segregation Explorer!💫
Visualize and download school segregation data for every state, county, metro area, commuting zone, geo school district, and local educational agency in the US since 1991.
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One of the ideas that I noticed coming up again and again at #jointconf24 was that it matters how a question is asked. Phrasing it differently can shift the focus for students without changing the content.
Examples here from @edsouthall, @Whitehughes and @mathsjem's sessions.
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"The psychological damage of being told (explicitly or implicitly) that you aren’t good enough is real and severe."
In tracked systems (like in my district), a student's placement into the grade level courses vs accelerated courses becomes a part of their identity.
What should higher ed math (and others) be doing to address long-standing equity issues? Part 2 of my first Mathematical Association of America blog post is up! (If you missed it, part 1 in the header to part 2.)
mathvalues.org/masterblog/pu…
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We had an 'honors' algebra class. Mostly white in a minority white school. The parents were pretty vocal about why ... They wanted their kids in classes with "better kids" ... It isn't about ability and we didn't even offer Calculus as a course.
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Dear friends!
Speaker proposals for #CMCSOUTH24 are open. Find speaker proposal form here:
@saravdwerf @MrCorleyMath @KarenCampe @Sneffleupagus
cmc-south.org/conference-65t…
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Too many of our students see math as something that is DONE TO them, rather than something THEY can do, use, and play with.
To these students, math class is about submission to authority, not empowerment and freedom (as it should be).
It's no wonder they hate it.
#iteachmath