Over the summer I rediscovered the book Accessible Mathematics: 10 Instructional Shifts that Raise Student Achievement by Steven Leinwand. The lens is pointed to “engage, and focus on understanding and application.” (p.2) In this time of heightened awareness and action to engage all students and to be culturally responsive in our classrooms, it makes sense to integrate Leinwand’s shifts.
Continue readingAll responses to fill in the blank (FIB) items are reviewed by a computer program/algorithm as well as math specialists. Over the years, similar mistakes have been noted on the MCA across items and grades.
Continue readingWelcome back to a new school year! We hope your year is off to an exciting start. Our goal for this column is to inspire teachers to inspire children. How can we help our students to see their world through a mathematical lens?
Continue readingJoin the Minnesota Council on Economic Education on August 2 & 3 for the 2016 Conference on Teaching Economics & Personal Finance for elementary and secondary teachers!
Continue readingMath On-A-Stick is back for 2016, and we need your help to make it another successful venture! In our first
Continue readingEquity in mathematics education in Minnesota is moving beyond rhetoric. We will meeting around the table to have conversations to fuel the movement.
Continue readingAs we strive to meet the learning needs of all students, especially students of color, I want to invite you join me as I eavesdrop on conversations I don’t normally hear in my white suburban world. I do my eavesdropping through two podcasts, Code Switch and Counter Stories.
Continue readingWhat do Partially Meets, Meets, and Exceeds mean on the Individual Student Reports (ISR)?
Continue readingThere are so many questions that float through my head when I see something new that piques my interest. Let’s look at one of those resources, Open Middle. Open Middle sprang from the mind of Robert Kaplinski after attending to Dan Meyer’s talk Video Games and Making Math More Like Things Students Like.
Continue readingNCTM Interactive Institutes NCTM’s Interactive Institutes offer two and a half days of face-to-face, in-depth professional development provided by experts in mathematics education.
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