I’m so excited that my book Open Middle Math: Problems That Unlock Student Thinking, Grades 6 – 12 just came out for secondary math teachers. I’ve learned so much from this experience that I wish I knew earlier on. So, I’m writing this blog post with hopes that this information will help aspiring authors and…
My article on the interesting similarities shared by healthy eating and math education was published in Education Week (Vol. 31, Issue 33, Page 29) on June 6, 2012: The philosophies behind healthy eating and math instruction share interesting similarities that provide useful insight into the direction educational policymakers should take. Healthy eating means consuming the right…
Robert Kaplinsky and Melissa Canham’s article Practicing Questioning Skills as a Tool to Assess Student Understanding about an activity called Questioning Scenarios was published in the March 2012 issue of the California Mathematics Council (CMC) ComMuniCator. The Questioning Scenarios activity’s purpose is to give educators an opportunity to practice their questioning skills by role playing…