Presentation
My Online Workshops
- Empowered Problem Solving – How to teach math using real world and Open Middle problem solving
- How To Use An Open Middle Problem – A mini workshop just on using Open Middle problems
- Ed Consultants Lab – How to become and thrive as an educational consultant
Real World Problems
- Bucky The Badger by Dan Meyer
- Styrofoam Cups by Andrew Stadel
- How Much Shorter Are Staggered Pipe Stacks?
- How Much Is One Third Of A Cup Of Butter?
- How Many Hot Dogs And Buns Should He Buy?
- All my real world problem-based lessons
Open Middle Problems
- Open Middle website
- Open Middle Depth of Knowledge Matrices
- Multiply two two-digit numbers to get as close to 7000 as possible
- Create a fraction that’s as close to one as possible
- Adding two-digit numbers to make the smallest sum possible
- Find the rectangle with the largest area that has a perimeter of 24 units
- Video clips of students solving rectangle problem
- Add three three-digit numbers to make a sum that’s as close to 1000 as possible
- Compare and idenitfy fraction on a number line
- Adding multiples to make the greatest possible total
- Create a system of equations whose solution is as close to the origin as possible
- Find the longest possible line segment whose midpoint is (1, 3)
- How To Use An Open Middle Problem mini workshop on Grassroots Workshops
- Open Middle Math: Problems That Unlock Student Thinking (paper book)
- Open Middle Math: Problems That Unlock Student Thinking (Kindle version)
My Always, Sometimes, Never Resources
- Arithmetic (paper version)
- Arithmetic (Desmos student example)
- Arithmetic (Desmos teacher version)
- Fractions (paper version)
- Fractions (Desmos example)
- Fractions (Desmos teacher version)
- Systems of Equations (paper version)
- Systems of Equations (Desmos example)
- Systems of Equations (Desmos teacher version)
- Open Middle closest to 1000 problem
- Open Middle problems
- Steve Martin LCM problem
- More real world problem-based lessons
Other Always, Sometimes, Never Resources
- Tracy Zager’s mostly elementary collection of statements
- Beth Ferguson’s mostly secondary collection of statements
- Christy Sutton’s blog post
- Fawn Nguyen’s blog post
- Sarah Carter’s blog post
- Grace Chen’s blog post
- Lisa Bejarano’s blog post
- Joe Schwartz’s blog post
Truth Truth Lie Resources
Books
- 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions
- Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics
- David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t by Jim Collins (egg hatching metaphor)
- History of School Mathematics by George Stanic
- Managing Transitions by William Bridges
- One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Blog Posts
- How I Record 360 Degree Classroom Video blog post
- What Do Van Halen, King Solomon, And Formative Assessment Have In Common?
- French Scrabble champion who does not speak French
- Applying Toyota’s 5 Whys To Education
- Do You Have Enough Time To Teach All Your Standards In One Year?
Data and Other Ressurces
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) longitudinal study
- TIMSS 2019 International Results in
Mathematics and Science - ACT – The Condition of College & Career Readiness – 2019
- Hanover Research – Employer Views on What Matters Most – 2021
- Introduction to Data Science
- Colleges and universities that don’t require SAT
Video Clips Used
- World War Z
- Hidden Figures
- Dan Meyer’s Hollywood Hates Math
- Practical Paracord sling shot videos
- Conrad Wolfram TED talk
The Rest
- What Do King Solomon and David Lee Roth Have in Common? – Freakonomics podcast episode
- My rap video
- My first commercial
- 360 Degree Student Videos
- Table comparing Building Thinking Classrooms and The 5 Practices
- Dan Meyer TED talk
- Sorites paradox
Social Media