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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Category: Life in the Math Classroom
Group Exploration in Math
I am often asked how to get learners to spend more time “exploring” in their learning rather than...
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AMATYC Keynote Notes: Interaction and Impasse
Thursday I had the honor of providing the opening keynote for the AMATYC Conference in Denver,...
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Learning Notebooks for Online Math Homework
After teaching math at a community college for 10 years (and using online homework for at least 7...
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Mastering Your Document Camera
My latest “Teaching with Tech” column is now out in MAA Focus. Take Another Shot at...
Read MoreMath ELITEs (Classrooms for Active Mathematics)
Thanks to Diane, Gary, and Tom … who also contributed ideas to this classroom redesign project idea. Objective: Create classroom spaces specifically for a) actively learning mathematics and b) using technology to...
Read MoreRecord with a Document Camera and a Flip
Note: I’ve kept this post to remind me that it always pays to be scrappy! In my Math for Elementary Teachers (MathET) course, we do a lot of work with math manipulatives, puzzles, and games of various sorts. Some...
Read MoreHow Tablets Enhance the Math
Let me just say how much I love having a tablet PC to teach with. It is certainly useful for my online classes, but it has also become essential in my face-to-face classes as well. Consider this image, one of the examples we...
Read MoreWeapons of Math Instruction
Yes, I do have one of these T-Shirts. I had a hard time understanding some of the lyrics, but it seemed blogworthy – here’s the video: Mathematicians: Weapons of Math Instruction
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