Tag Archives: NCTM

Mile High (and much more than an inch deep)

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Andres Marti
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At the NCSM conference in Denver last month, we had our fourth annual Math Ignite event, featuring fast-paced, engaging, 5-minute presentations by a variety of teachers and education leaders. I’ve finally finished editing the videos of those talks, which you … Continue reading →

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Polar Graphing

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Scott Steketee
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After writing yesterday’s post on the connections between polar and Cartesian graphs, I realized that I hadn’t said anything about how easy it is to start from scratch and create a polar graph in Sketchpad, so I decided to write … Continue reading →

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Cartesian and Polar Graphs

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Scott Steketee
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The May 2013 Mathematics Teacher has an excellent article by Jonathan F. Lawes (“Graphing Polar Curves”) on the value of plotting the same function in both polar and rectangular coordinates. Doing so not only helps students understand how polar coordinates … Continue reading →

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Orange and Black: To the East Coast and Back

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Andres Marti

Halloween colors have already been donned by plenty of folks around here lately. October has been an exciting month for those of us in the Bay Area, and a busy one for us here at Key. There’s been so much … Continue reading →

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Functions Come Alive in a Precalculus Classroom

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Josephine Noah

Ken Gordon has written our first in a series of guest blog posts from people working with Key Curriculum products in schools. Ken teaches Precalculus and Calculus in an accelerated program at Sisler High School in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He has … Continue reading →

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Behind the Scenes at NCSM and NCTM

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Karen Coe

I thought I’d give you a behind-the-scenes view of last week’s activities in Philadelphia. Karen Greenhaus, Andres Marti, Elizabeth DeCarli, and I were assigned to the first event, NCSM. We were up bright and early on Monday morning to set … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia Freedom

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Andres Marti
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If you’re around my age, you clearly remember the famous Elton John song. I can’t help but think of “Philadelphia Freedom” whenever someone mentions Philadelphia. It’s an involuntary response that shoots straight out of my unconscious. And since today is … Continue reading →

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NCSM 2012 Ignite – It’s Fast, It’s Fun, It’s Math!

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Karen Greenhaus
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The big annual math conferences are next week in Philadelphia. First up, the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) conference, April 23–25, followed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) conference, April 25–28. Naturally, those of us … Continue reading →

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The Dynamic Number Project Comes to NCTM Philadelphia

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Daniel Scher

It’s time for the NCTM Annual Meeting! For the past two and a half years, my colleague Scott Steketee and I have been collaborating with elementary teachers in New York and Philadelphia as they field test curriculum materials for the … Continue reading →

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Preparing Cooperative Teachers in a Competitive World

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Scott Steketee

I am troubled. Today is the first day of teaching my spring semester course, “Advanced Methods in Secondary Mathematics,” for my preservice master’s students. The mission of the Teacher Education Program at Penn is to prepare “reflective, collaborative, visionary teacher-leaders” … Continue reading →

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