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Giving Effective Feedback
I had a nice discussion with my assessment committee colleagues today. Afterwards, at the request of one of my colleagues, I shared a few resources about effective feedback. I decided to kill two birds...
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Transformations vs. Order of Operations
The following question was raised by one of the work groups in class today: Why is the order of performing transformations different than the order of operations?We are studying function...
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TMWYK What if you
Me: Hey, why did you choose 7-2=5 for this stretch your thinking question? Is it because you just did that one on #5?No! It's because 7 is my favorite number. And then the other one had to be 2 to make...
View ArticleBest Teaching Practices, by GVSU's Math Student Teachers
Over the years, our math student teachers have shared their best ideas and most memorable experiences from the mathematics classroom. We prompt them by asking what they have seen or done that will...
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MIA2016 - Coaching Principles in the Mathematics Classroom
Molly Carter, Jamie Stuart, and I presented the following session at the 2016 Math in Action conference. Our talk was called "Promoting Collaboration During Problem Solving: Coaching Principles in...
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MIA2017 - Do you have a growth mindset?
We share how the math teachers in our hall empowered kids by focusing on growth mindset. (Based in part on Boaler's book Mathematical Mindsets)Our presentation was part of GVSU's2017 Math in Action...
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Advice for Getting Started with SBG
One of our teacher ed grads emailed one of my colleagues in search of SBG resources for a pre-algebra course he's developing for next year. He wrote: When I had you for ____, you graded our assessments...
View ArticleQTP: Rich tasks are for everyone
Overheard: The modified "rich version" of the task would have been too difficult for some students, so we gave them the original worksheet and one teacher took those students aside to work on it...
View ArticleReflections on Conferring
Conferring is purposeful helping aimed at developing students' capacity for learning (as opposed to merely providing information). I think of it like this: Helping :: "Give a fish"Conferring :: "Teach...
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Math in Action 2018: Project Based Learning
Bringing Project Based Learning (PBL) into your Mathematics ClassroomConnor Bilkos, Kim Bringelson, and Madelyn Johnson,and Jon Hasenbank Grand Valley State UniversitySession C4, 11:00 A.M. - 12:00...
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