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What is Rigor? | Confidently Limited
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Tacking through math education. Dreams of an Integrated Curriculum. Can These Kids Be “Saved” by Common Core? November 10, 2013. But other definitions of rigor have synonyms such as hardness , difficulty and stringency . In our context we can perhaps call this depth and add this dimension to those of exactness and logic with which we present the material. As an example, consider radical expressions as introduced by Pearson’s Integrated Mathematics. And an European collection of problems. The SIMMS text i...
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Common Core (Geometry) – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly | Confidently Limited
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Tacking through math education. The Smartest Kids in the World. Nicholson Baker, Algebra II, Lurking Variables and Making Shakespeare Elective →. Common Core (Geometry) – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. October 20, 2013. So how is Geometry faring in Common Core? There is no doubt that Common Core envisions a superior Geometry course compared to what we teach now. The projects, the modeling and the writing components will require more critical thinking from the students. Common Core Geometry also wants to...
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October | 2013 | Confidently Limited
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Tacking through math education. Monthly Archives: October 2013. Nicholson Baker, Algebra II, Lurking Variables and Making Shakespeare Elective. October 23, 2013. In a recent article in Harper’s magazine, Wrong Answer The case against Algebra II. Let’s say the general well-being of the population. I would argue that Baker’s statement is an example of a lurking variable. Russia’s math prowess was originated from above, when Peter the Great modernized Russia by force. Since modernization implied a stron...
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Mathalogical: Desperation
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Little Classroom on the Prairie. Saturday, April 25, 2009. It started innocently. A student sighed saying she couldn't wait for graduation. I asked what she planned to do next year. The conversation quickly turned to what you're allowed do to on probation. You can go to school and do your basics. You cannot join the National Guard. Huh. Not information I was equipped with. And then I learned more. He had everything going for him," they say. But everything here isn't always enough. View my complete profile.
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Mathalogical: January 2009
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Little Classroom on the Prairie. Friday, January 30, 2009. Checking the Annual Report Off My To-Do List. I really like Dan Meyer's annual report contest. Even though I treat it more as a meme.) Despite it being a change in the calendar, January never feels like the change of year to me. My life calendar always seems to shift in the summer months. So pausing mid-year to reflect on the changes reveals interesting behavior patterns to myself. So for now, here you go. A few final reflections. I like not havi...
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Mathalogical: May 2009
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Little Classroom on the Prairie. Monday, May 25, 2009. Since starting the class two years earlier, I'd had plenty of opportunities to wonder: What is the value of a positive experience if it is only temporary? How do you weight the advantages against the disadvantages of affection, or of aspiration? Page 323, True Notebooks. Friday, May 22, 2009. Prayer from the Last Day of School. I picked up my copy during third period. There is now a photo on Bebo of me reading it to two of my Blueberry Girls. And hap...
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Mathalogical: June 2010
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Little Classroom on the Prairie. Friday, June 4, 2010. Far too familar. I'm tearing up 2 minutes in. Posting here because it's too much of a record of my time in South Dakota not to. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). TFA alum goes to Education Policy School. Typical? View my complete profile. The First Blogs I Check. TMAO (even if he doesn't update). Subscribe To RSS Feed.
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Mathalogical: June 2012
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Little Classroom on the Prairie. Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Is out of jail. Younger sister has graduated. She loved her first year of college. The guy from the video. Was back on leave from the army. His younger brother’s hair is long again. His son is a toddler now. The silent student transferred from the college where I visited her to one closer to home. She wanted to be able to visit for a couple of years, anticipating a greater distance when she goes to grad school. One of my blueberry girls. The teache...
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Mathalogical: Dispatch While Moving
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Little Classroom on the Prairie. Thursday, June 18, 2009. The new teachers are here. Interviewing right now. (My students are waiting for reports on what they're like.) They're asking for advice, wanting to know what I've picked up out here. The best I'll offer, build your support network. And then expand it. Ain't that the way it goes? One minute you're trying to remember the name of that site. I immediately started building the connections. Joining conversations in the comments of my favorite blogs...
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Mathalogical: Afterwards
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Little Classroom on the Prairie. Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Is out of jail. Younger sister has graduated. She loved her first year of college. The guy from the video. Was back on leave from the army. His younger brother’s hair is long again. His son is a toddler now. The silent student transferred from the college where I visited her to one closer to home. She wanted to be able to visit for a couple of years, anticipating a greater distance when she goes to grad school. One of my blueberry girls. The teache...
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