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Author Archives: Elizabeth DeCarli
Pass the Candy! Sweetening the Study of Probability
As part of our guest blog series, we bring you another post from Kathryn Shafer. A former middle school and high school math teacher, Kathy is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Ball State University, … Continue reading
How Low Can You Go?
I heard a great radio interview on NPR this week with Tim Storms, who holds the Guinness Book of Records for the lowest note sung by a human. He sang a few low notes for the interview—so low that my … Continue reading
The Geometer’s Sketchpad and Sketch Exchange: What’s New?
Hey Sketchpad users—there’s a new version of Sketchpad available! It’s Sketchpad version 5.05, a free upgrade for Sketchpad 5 users. For you early adopters, Sketchpad 5.05 is fully compatible with Mountain Lion and will also be compatible with Windows 8 … Continue reading
Posted in Math Software
Tagged Dynamic Geometry, Sketchpad, Sketchpad Explorer, Software Development
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Exploring the Law of Large Numbers with TinkerPlots
As part of our guest blog series, we bring you a post from Kathryn Shafer. A former middle school and high school math teacher, Kathy is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Ball State University, … Continue reading
Lessons from the News
There’s nothing like reading the local paper over breakfast to start your day off with a grimace. Take this headline from Wednesday’s San Francisco Chronicle: “State’s college tuition rising fastest in nation.” Just what California parents need, more stress! The … Continue reading
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Tagged Data and Statistics, Dynamic Data, Education in the Media
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A Bittersweet Milestone
I’m about to reach a milestone, and I have mixed feelings about it. I started teaching in 1994, and I taught for nine memorable years. In 2003, I realized that I need time away from the classroom, and I took … Continue reading
Turning Problems into Professional Development
I had the pleasure of meeting Jamila Riser a few years ago at NCSM and seeing her presentation about P-Cubed: Powerful Pedagogical Practices. P-Cubed was a program implemented jointly by the Delaware Mathematics Coalition and the University of Delaware (and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ignite, IMP, Pedagogy, Problem Solving, Teacher Collaboration, Videos
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Music and Math in the News
I have a memory from elementary school of a lesson on music and math that was taught by guest instructors. The instructors had us clap out poly-rhythms, with half the class clapping in two’s while the other half clapped in … Continue reading
March Mathiness
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Check out the graph below, which shows the heights of 29 people. What do you notice about the graph? What do you wonder? (Thanks, Annie Fetter!) Now, what if I told you that this group of 29 people were all … Continue reading
Face(book) the Facts––You’re Being Targeted!
I have a fake Facebook birthday. I chose leap day for my fake Facebook birthday, so this is the first year I’ve actually celebrated it. My Facebook friends are a mix of long-time friends, close and distant relatives, acquaintances from … Continue reading
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