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Angles of Reflection: June 2014
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Thoughts about mathematics, teaching, and teaching mathematics. Monday, June 23, 2014. As my ITRW friends know, I'm in my second "semester" of a graduate program, which means that I'm buying textbooks, frantically getting readings done . and taking tests. Last week was a doozy: I had two weeks, and a maximum of two weeks, to pass the statewide online test certifying me as a "teacher-evaluator". What did I learn from this process? And how many times do we. Third, we didn't have. Even with everyone I know ...
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Angles of Reflection: Gender Games
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Thoughts about mathematics, teaching, and teaching mathematics. Sunday, June 1, 2014. Two issues of gender and games that have come up in the last weeks . A radio show I listened to a long time ago made the point that even in addressing classes as "boys and girls" reinforces that preoccupation with gender roles. Don't believe it? The point is this: dividing kids up by gender except for activities that require gender separation (bathroom use, for example) is just lazy; it makes some kids uncomfortable, an...