School Crossing: The Intersection of Education and Society

Provocative commentary on competing educational stakeholders and how their entrenched interests collide to obstruct the goal of world-class education in America. Includes teacher training and quality, curriculum design, teaching resources, Japanese education models, book reviews, practical teaching tips, more.

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Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Most American Math Teachers Cannot Teach Math

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...because they studied non-math in school, not math. (And most of the rest of us have the same problem.) https://schoolcrossing.blogsp...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

When Are We Ever Gonna Use This?

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Raise your hand if you have ever heard this question, “When are we ever gonna use this?” When I was a young teacher, I tried hard to answer...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

How to Evaluate a Math Textbook

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Regardless of Common Core, everybody knows that practically speaking, the textbook IS the curriculum. Therefore, it behooves textbook adopt...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

I Love Math Manipulatives...But

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I love math manipulatives. I really do. Manipulatives allow students to physically model mathematics concepts. But manipulatives are no p...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Stand and Deliver? No, Sit Down and Shut Up

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The movie, Stand and Deliver, told the inspirational story of one teacher's success in using Advanced Placement (AP) calculus with his d...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Place Value Part 2: Base Ten for Young Students

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One of the most fundamental mathematical concepts, yet one of the most poorly understood, is place value. The typical primary school lesson...
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