[This is one of a series of posts that explore real world examples of mathematical modeling to help educators better understand its applications. This is not intended to be a context for a student lesson. To learn about Spies and Analysts, I recommend watching this webinar (with elementary, middle, and high school versions) or reading…
[This is one of a series of posts that explore real world examples of mathematical modeling to help educators better understand its applications. This is not intended to be a context for a student lesson. To learn about Spies and Analysts, I recommend watching this webinar (with elementary, middle, and high school versions) or reading…
[This is one of a series of posts that explore real world examples of mathematical modeling to help educators better understand its applications. This is not intended to be a context for a student lesson. To learn about Spies and Analysts, I recommend watching this webinar (with elementary, middle, and high school versions) or reading…
[This is one of a series of posts that explore real world examples of mathematical modeling to help educators better understand its applications. This is not intended to be a context for a student lesson. To learn about Spies and Analysts, I recommend watching this webinar (with elementary, middle, and high school versions) or reading…
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This is the eighth of an eight blog post series where I’ll attempt to make a version of each of the Common Core State Standards’ Math Practices that educators, parents, and students can all understand. Simply put, the Math Practices are really tough to make sense of, which means that few educators have read them…
This is the fourth of an eight blog post series where I’ll attempt to make a version of each of the Common Core State Standards’ Math Practices that educators, parents, and students can all understand. Simply put, the Math Practices are really tough to make sense of, which means that few educators have read them…
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It’s worth clarifying what I mean by “word problems” as when I wrote this blog post, I naively thought educators shared a common definition. So, check out the poll below. Which of these are word problems: A) How many pizzas do you need to buy? B) You and your seven friends want to have pizza…
I have been a educator for over fifteen years. I began as a middle school math and science teacher and eventually enjoyed eight years as a math teacher specialist (a teacher who supports other math teachers). However, at the end of the 2017-2018 school year I made a very challenging decision and filed paperwork to…
Thanks for checking out my webinar on Why We Should Reconsider Using Word Problems (And What We Should Be Doing Instead). Here are the resources I mentioned in the webinar. Problem-based lesson search engine – Find lessons more quickly by searching many websites for you. My lessons (elementary, middle, and high school) My lessons…
[This is one of a series of posts that explore real world examples of mathematical modeling to help educators better understand its applications. This is not intended to be a context for a student lesson. To learn about Spies and Analysts, I recommend watching this webinar (with elementary, middle, and high school versions) or reading…
[This is one of a series of posts that explore real world examples of mathematical modeling to help educators better understand its applications. This is not intended to be a context for a student lesson. To learn about Spies and Analysts, I recommend watching this webinar (with elementary, middle, and high school versions) or reading…
[This is one of a series of posts that explore real world examples of mathematical modeling to help educators better understand its applications. This is not intended to be a context for a student lesson. To learn about Spies and Analysts, I recommend watching this webinar (with elementary, middle, and high school versions) or reading…
[This is one of a series of posts that explore real world examples of mathematical modeling to help educators better understand its applications. To learn about Spies and Analysts, I recommend either reading this blog post or watching this webinar (with elementary, middle, and high school versions).] For years I’ve been trying to find…
UPDATE (OCTOBER 7, 2022) – I co-created a presentation called 5 Struggles Your Foster Students Wished You Knew and it’s now available to watch and share. It goes much deeper into the foster care experience and includes the perspective of two women of color. Please check it out too. I’m writing this blog post…
Thank you for making time to check out my second video. Here are the resources I mentioned: Problem Solving Framework This two-page PDF should be printed double-sided and is designed to support students’ emerging problem solving skills. Problem-Based Lesson Search Engine This search engine searches all of the sites below and many others.…
When I look back at my first years of teaching, I’m shocked that I wasn’t fired. I don’t mean that figuratively. I mean it literally. Times were a bit different in 2003. When I was hired, I was the third teacher of the year for those students. The first teacher quit and the second was…
If you are totally happy with the state of professional development and teacher training, then you don’t need to read this post. Otherwise, allow me to step onto my soap box for a controversial post… Recently I was watering my plants and was thinking about how each of them needs a different amount of water.…
[This is one of a series of posts that explore real world examples of mathematical modeling to help educators better understand its applications. This is not intended to be a context for a student lesson. To learn about Spies and Analysts, I recommend watching this webinar (with elementary, middle, and high school versions) or reading…