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Into the fray: February 2010
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Making the leap from the back of the classroom to the front. Monday, February 15, 2010. Design Problem 2: Brainstorming Options. The goal this time around is to brainstorm ideas that seems promising. We’re not going to worry yet if they fail one of the design criteria from before; we’re more focused right now on thinking of ideas that meet at least one criterion than throwing out ideas that don’t meet all of them. . Direct exposure to hands-on technical activities. MathCounts is a middle school extracur...
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Into the fray: September 2008
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Making the leap from the back of the classroom to the front. Tuesday, September 23, 2008. 9/22/08: Lesson plans are tough. Last week I mentioned that George is about one day ahead of his lesson plans in Stats, since he's never taught the class before. While this isn't the most convenient thing for me in trying to plan what I want to talk about, after preparing my talks for today I have a whole new respect for just how hard it can be to make a lesson plan. Stats: The Normal Distribution. It's the same....
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Into the fray: March 2010
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Making the leap from the back of the classroom to the front. Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Why I’m at Ypsi every week – and how I spend my time. This is a question I’ve been asked by several people: my advisor, my fiancee (both driven by a shared desire for me to finish up and get a job already), my parents and siblings, even my students on occasion. I feel like everyone who takes a TF position does it for different reasons – I did it because:. I’m at Ypsi, I also want to address. 10 min doing unique stuff.
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Into the fray: November 2008
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Making the leap from the back of the classroom to the front. Wednesday, November 12, 2008. Thrown to the Lions. Last Friday, I taught a class. by myself. Two classes, actually. But first things first. Bonus Like I said, not ideal. So, I said, "I have an idea! The kids know me, I've been in for several weeks now, why don't I come in, observe during 1st and 2nd hour, and try to teach the lesson myself 3rd and 4th hour? Normally, I let George worry about maintaining overall classroom discipline from the fro...
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Into the fray: May 2009
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Making the leap from the back of the classroom to the front. Saturday, May 9, 2009. If I tell you one thing, kid, it's this: Know your audience! Well, I've had good days, and I've had flops. This particular incident falls in the flop category, and the lesson is simple: know your audience. There are five steps leading up from my apartment door to the main entrance to my apartment building. Since I hurt my knee (true story! Th number denotes how many unique ways there are to climb a set of n. Anyway, the f...
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Into the fray: A note on x’s, y’s and pedagogy
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Making the leap from the back of the classroom to the front. Tuesday, March 23, 2010. A note on x’s, y’s and pedagogy. Sometimes, variable names just make fall-over good sense. Like using. Eight, t for time, these are all fantastic. Other times, variable names just get grandfathered in for no good reason. Like, say,. Placement (which is what, again, students ask? 160; oh, how far it went, ok) or. 160; Get off my lawn! But top of the list on bad variable names:. 160; Because nothing starts with. A note...
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Into the fray: Why I’m at Ypsi every week – and how I spend my time
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Making the leap from the back of the classroom to the front. Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Why I’m at Ypsi every week – and how I spend my time. This is a question I’ve been asked by several people: my advisor, my fiancee (both driven by a shared desire for me to finish up and get a job already), my parents and siblings, even my students on occasion. I feel like everyone who takes a TF position does it for different reasons – I did it because:. I’m at Ypsi, I also want to address. 10 min doing unique stuff.
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Into the fray: Gates Foundation Report
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Making the leap from the back of the classroom to the front. Tuesday, March 23, 2010. This post draws heavily from a report issued by the Gates Foundation last month. That report is a distillation of 10 proposals submitted by some very high-flying names in the consulting industry – McKinsey and BCG among them – that the Gates Foundation hired to analyze 10 different school districts (sites) across the nation and suggest methods for improvement. 8220;Another site noted the advantage of having a “cu...
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Into the fray: October 2008
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Making the leap from the back of the classroom to the front. Friday, October 31, 2008. I love this one. Don't forget to check the tooltip. Thursday, October 30, 2008. Some of my fondest memories of middle and high school math were the puzzles. In between memorizing algorithms and vocabulary in class, there was an occasional puzzle thrown in which I invariably found more interesting than whatever I was supposed to be learning on the lesson plan. 3 3 18 19 = 4 3. 4 3 30 31 = 5 3. 5 3 45 46 = 6 3. To see wh...
