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Pick a piece of candy! 2 Jul 2012 | 03:00 pm
I try to change seats often in my classes (every three weeks or so). Sometimes I choose their seats for them, but most of the time it is random. I usually use a deck of cards (well, part thereof), ki...
Advice For New Teachers: Goals 1 Jul 2012 | 11:35 pm
Adding my (late) contribution to Letters to a First Year Teacher… To a new teacher, As you plan for your first year, my advice to you is to have concrete goals — and very few of them. Some of us be...
Summer Prep: Progress 3 Jul 2011 | 03:40 am
Next year I have three preps: Honors Accelerated Advanced Algebra (sophomores, two sections), Honors Pre-Calculus (juniors, two sections), and what we’ll call Algebra I (freshmen, one section). Pre-...
End Behavior of Rational Functions 11 Apr 2011 | 09:00 pm
This is the activity I used a couple of months ago to help students investigate the end behavior of rational functions. The second part of the activity (not shown) asks them complete three statements...
National Boards, Reflecting and Writing 11 Apr 2011 | 06:23 am
Ever have a friend that you’ve thought about often, but somehow lost touch? Things come up, you mean to call, but somehow… you don’t. This continues, then it gets to the point where it seems too awkw...
The Ways We Learn 19 Jul 2010 | 02:18 pm
Recently I asked people to list five verbs that describe the way they learn. There were 25 responses (including my own). The top four verbs reported were discuss (8), read (8), experiment (7), and p...
Perspective 22 Jun 2010 | 03:08 am
There are approximately 1,059,000 high school teachers in the United States, according to a 2007 estimate. There are approximately 90,000 members of NCTM. Winter Kiss by mubblegum via Flicker CC-A-N...
Measuring Success 14 Jun 2010 | 04:02 am
The third year was… okay? Could have been better? Good? I think it was decent. I think. By what measure do I judge how successful my year was? Student evaluations? Grades on final exams? My students...
Sharing: Polynomial Functions 29 Apr 2010 | 02:00 pm
We’re studying polynomial functions in my freshman Advanced Algebra course. I’ve been struggling with determining what it is they really need to know about polynomials. I’m not convinced that long di...
Sharing: Multiple Representations of Systems 26 Apr 2010 | 06:30 am
One of the realizations that I made at NCTM was that the idea of multiple representations is still new to some people and that I need to start sharing more.1 This is one of my “worksheets”2 from last...
