GITW Relevant Graphs for your Class
In the last decade, as a result of the Internet and the rise of Smartphones and other digital...
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Category: Active Learning in Math
Battle of the (free) Digital Whiteboarding Tools
tldr; See the comparison and who won. Many years ago (2012), in a state far, far away (Michigan),...
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Add Graphs In The World to Courses
Now you can add Graphs in the World to your courses in the LMS! Create a new “page” in...
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Taking the Algebra Out of College Algebra
Today’s talk from AMATYC was “Taking the Algebra Out of College Algebra” (to...
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AMATYC Keynote Notes: Challenge and Curiosity
In the 2016 AMATYC keynote, I covered three main themes: Interaction & Impasse (last post)...
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Prime Number Manipulatives
In this post we liken finding the prime number factorization to the nucleotides that make up a gene. Each prime number has a unique “prime fingerprint.”
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Wolfram Alpha for Inquiry Based Learning in Calculus
This post outlines how to use a CAS system with concept-oriented assignments instead of process-oriented assignments.
Read MoreCognitive Psychology and Math Education
In the last three weeks I’ve read or skimmed about 2,000 pages of scholarly articles about math reform efforts, technology for teaching, innovations, change movements, faculty development, community college statistics,...
Read MoreTeaching Math with Clickers
Today’s guest blogger is Derek Bruff, Assistant Director for the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University. Derek writes a blog you may have stumbled across called Teaching with Classroom Response Systems.Here’s a...
Read MoreSpeed Rounds: Test Review Game
Here’s a game we play on Test Review days that engages all the students at once and gives every team a chance at points in every round (unlike Jeopardy). I count the students off into groups of 3-4 students. Each group...
Read MoreActivities for Algebra
I have always tried to teach algebra in a way that is understandable, interesting, and active. Although you can find activities for teaching algebra to younger students (6th and 7th graders), I have never found a good classroom...
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