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January 2012 - A Difference
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Too Big To Know #edbookclub. How'd you like to know "how our concept of knowledge is changing in the age of the Net"? John Seely Brown quoted from the dust jacket). Since I first heard David Weinberger say: "The smartest person in the room is: The Room! I've repeated it often. I've seen it in action. In his new book Too Big To Know. Anyway, the book was published on 3 January 2012 and I just got my copy of it today. In the last 10 days or so the idea of an #edbookclub. The purpose of this Twitter discuss...
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Harmless Mathematics | aharmlessdrudge
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Thoughts from the back of the class. This page is for readers who are trying to remember what they have forgotten about mathematics. Most of the files are in pdf. How to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions. Everything you have forgotten since elementary school. The sigma (Σ) notation. After reviewing what you learned long ago, check out the dismal situation in today’s schools, where there is a movement to avoid teaching useful math. Canadians — go to WISE Math. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Educating for Resilience: Will “21C” Creativity and Innovation Ventures Measure Up? | Educhatter's Blog
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Lively Commentary on Canadian Education. Laquo; Discovery Learning and Fuzzy Math: Will the PISA 2012 Results Signal the Beginning of the End? Child and Youth Advocacy: Who Speaks Up for the Voiceless? Educating for Resilience: Will “21C” Creativity and Innovation Ventures Measure Up? December 14, 2013 by Paul W. Bennett. 8220;Creativity and innovation” are the new buzz words in education. Leading proponents of “21st Century Schools”. Such as Tony Wagner. And John D. Kershaw. Were a also wake up call for...
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MathRight : Improving Math Education in Ontario: September 2012
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MathRight : Improving Math Education in Ontario. Welcome to the website of MathRight, an informal coalition of concerned parents, educators and members of the public. Our goal is to improve mathematics education in Ontario's schools. We feel that a balanced approach in which children are given a reliable toolset of facts, algorithms and processes together. MathRight is a non-partisan, non-political coalition of people from many walks of life and from all parts of Ontario. Please join us:. Contact the adm...
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10 strategies for ‘talk-better’ teaching | Reflecting English
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In search of classroom answers. 10 strategies for ‘talk-better’ teaching. February 6, 2015. For me, there are three features found in the best teacher talk:. New knowledge is linked to existing knowledge;. Ideas are introduced in clear steps;. Explanations make abstract ideas simple and concrete in the listener’s mind. Here are ten simple strategies that I find very useful. 1 Do the work first. 2 Develop the strands. Now that we all know that Sherlock Holmes was a Victorian private detective with very pa...
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Should you start using multiple choice tests? | …to the real.
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8230;to the real. There will never be a just social order until philosophers are kings, or kings become philosophers. Yes or No – Everyone should learn all 195 countries in the world, and their capitals? The response – Should everyone learn all 195 countries, their locations and capitals? Should you start using multiple choice tests? February 8, 2015. 1 They can be exceptionally rigorous. As Daisy Christodoulou sets out first here. A It built up armed forces. B It took away human rights. 2 They can be ma...
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Math Overboard!: (Basic Math for Adults) Parts 1 and 2 by Colin W. Clark | Re-learning basic math, K-12 complete
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Basic Math for Adults) Parts 1 and 2 by Colin W. Clark. Re-learning basic math, K-12 complete. Learning Math The Wrong Way or the Right Way. Like everything we do, there is a wrong way and a right way to learn mathematics. My years of teaching math at the university level showed me that many students had developed unhelpful habits for learning math. These habits, unless corrected, can lead to failure in college math courses. The Wrong Way to Learn Mathematics. Don’t do the practice problems. The proof is...
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Don't Call Me Supermom: Peas and Carrots, TERC and How I Became a Mad Math Mom
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Don't Call Me Supermom. The adventures of a journalist, mom of two, wife, dog-owner and train-rider just trying to earn her cape. Monday, March 5, 2012. Peas and Carrots, TERC and How I Became a Mad Math Mom. Most people who know me are well aware that I left the city - the coveted big, but cheap apartment, the day care we loved, the neighborhood we called home - for one, big reason: Schools. Isn't that why anyone who has a decent-sized apartment leaves NYC? This one is seriously disturbing). 60% had dum...
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Canada’s math wars and bad use of the PISA | The Number Warrior
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124; Comments RSS. Follow Blog via Email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. My First Two Days of Geometry. Follow Through, the largest US government educational experiment ever. Direct instruction and the PCAP 2010 (Math Wars, continued). Canada’s math wars and bad use of the PISA. Episode 256: Numbers – Talk the Talk. On Is “one, two, many” a myth? Dissipative Functions and Reaction-Diffusion Equations Empathic Dynamics. Posted on July 2, 2015.
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