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Over the last three years that I have been here at Albert Lea, I have seen a huge, positive impact with student understanding of mathematics. I believe that is due to multiple reasons; however, the one I want to share today is how important a math-positive culture is to success.
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Spring Conference Grants Deadline Feb. 10th
Scholarships for Middle School Teachers of Mathematics
Hidden Figures
The movie, Hidden Figures, is currently the number one movie in the country! Here are ways to include it with your math courses…
Continue readingIt’s Elementary! – Planning
Last month we looked at what constitutes a rich task. How can we open up the tasks in our curriculum to be more engaging for all our learners?
Continue readingChoosing a Primary Resource for Instruction
The term “primary resource” for many would be the “curriculum” used to guide instruction. For the district in which I teach, our curriculum is the set of MN standards for math; our “primary resource” is the text (or other platform) teachers use to guide instruction on the standards and benchmarks
Continue readingIt’s Elementary! – Rich Tasks
We hear a lot about Rich Tasks these days. But…what does a “rich task” look like to you? What separates a rich task from an ordinary one? Where do we find them?
Continue readingLesson Planning Workshop in a Methods Course
I teach at St. Olaf College, where we have a small (but vibrant!) math education program for secondary pre-service teachers (PSTs).
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