This week, I had the great privilege of presenting at the National Conference of Supervisors of Mathematics with two teachers, Deb Hatt and Carolyn Watkins, who are trying to make our district vision of math support a reality. This was Deb’s first year in the Math Interventionist position. ...
On the Efficient Use of Mathematics in Economics: Some Theory, Facts and Results of an Opinion Survey We consider mathematics to be an input into the production of human and knowledge capital in economics. The competitive and the interest group models are analyzed as to their predictions about ...
education sciences Article Teaching Mathematics to Non-Mathematics Majors through Problem Solving and New Technologies Marina Marchisio 1,*, Sara Remogna 2, Fabio Roman 1,* and Matteo Sacchet 1,* 1 Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Torino, Italy ...
Using YouTube videos and discussing Ted talks puts dense information in a familiar context. YouTube is a part of human culture, and so are memes;putting information in the context of the internet culturecan motivate or change the perception of the so-called ‘boring’ topics. IMs and TAs al...
And these WODB questions are a fun idea for the new Ontario Mathematics Curriculum coding requirements. New@TVOCoding in the Classroom Resource: Primary#Math Coding-Which One Doesn't Belong? By@NGMBowenof@HWCDSBEncourage students to read & interpret code! Connects to new#OntedGrades 1-8 Math...
I returned to Orange County with a newfound confidence and clarity regarding my Indian identity. I began to correct people when they tried to lump me into a black, or otherwise nonwhite, category and I was proud of my heritage once again. I combatted harmful stereotypes and let others know...
The question becomes, why does ‘wake me when it’s over’ deserve validation? (It is possible to say thatDeath of a Salesmanis overrated, orMurder in the Cathdedralwhich I remember doing in Grade 11. But that’s a very different discussion.The Crucibleis all about sex so it ‘sells...
It was with great delight that I was contacted to lead a session at the Mathematics Education Innovation (MEI) Conference this year. I’ve been to the conference before (write up here) and really enjoyed it so was pleased to be going again. A nice added bonus is that it was held at ...
BED: Elementary Education: Middle Grades Mathematics (licensure) BED: Elementary Education: Middle Grades Science (licensure) BED: Elementary Education: Middle Grades Social Science (licensure) BED: Elementary Education: Special Education General Curriculum K-6 (licensure) ...
Context: I am an assistant professor of mathematics at a small liberal arts college in the US. I generally find student questions during tests and quizzes to be somewhat annoying. I disliked them when I was a student, and they're even worse as an instructor. To elaborate on my disli...