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Sketchpad Activities, Cognitive Demand, and Differentiation

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Scott Steketee

Not long ago, I conducted a Saturday morning PD session for some Texas teachers participating in an NSF research project. (The research is a controlled study of the relationship between students’ use of Sketchpad and their conjecturing and proving behavior. … Continue reading →

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A Bittersweet Milestone

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Elizabeth DeCarli

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 →

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Standards for (Mathematical) Practice

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Andres Marti

Today I present Dr. Donna S. Leak, Superintendent of Rich Township High School District in Illinois, and her talk at the Key Ignite event during NCSM in April. In her presentation, “The Will to Transform—The Action to Succeed,” Donna describes … Continue reading →

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Preparing Tomorrow’s Data Scientists Through Data Games

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Rick Gaston

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, “Big Data’s Problem: Little Talent,” the technology industry faces a major dearth of employees with strong data analysis skills. The article quotes a 2011 study by McKinsey: A significant constraint on realizing … Continue reading →

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Turning Problems into Professional Development

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Elizabeth DeCarli

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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Some Suggestions for Math Technology Professional Development

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Karen Greenhaus

I have been really focused on math technology professional development lately, which makes sense of course, since that’s what I do for a living. But after last week’s NCSM and NCTM conferences (see Karen Coe’s recent post), where professional development … 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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Branding isn’t about math. Are you sure about that?

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Karen Coe

At around Pi-hour on Friday afternoon we successfully launched our new website. The night before (the night of the big storm for Bay Area folks), Andres and I were out with a dear former colleague and I mentioned I was … Continue reading →

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Who survived the Titanic?

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Andres Marti

Exactly a century ago, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage. Most people know the story better than me, or at least the Hollywood version of it, as I’ve never seen the movie. (On the … Continue reading →

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Music and Math in the News

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Elizabeth DeCarli

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 →

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