How do you think 32 eighth grade students would respond to this nonsensical question: “There are 125 sheep and 5 dogs in a flock. How old is the shepherd?”* Take a guess as to what percentage of them would give a numerical answer and then watch the video below: Of the 32 students I…
The Missing Link in Algebra Policy Analysis: a Case Study of Placement in 8th Grade Algebra, a report that analyzes how schools use data to make educated student placement in math classes was accepted for publication by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) at their 2013 Annual Conference in San Francisco. The paper was co-authored…