Today I am giving a presentation on problems at the Mathematics Specialists Conference at the Center for Mathematics and Science Education. The more I am exposed to the Common Core State Standards for School Mathematics the more I am convinced that the key to meeting the standards is to use Read more…
This weekend is the Fall Conference of the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) which is the state affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). This is my third year speaking at the conference and every year I have been impressed by the representation of Mississippi’s Read more…
The Journal for Urban Mathematics Education (JUME) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, that recently published an article I wrote that explored the question, “What does teaching mathematics as agape, or unconditional love, look like?” Think about it…if a teacher started with unconditional love for students, as defined by agape, what Read more…
Here I am at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in San Francisco. This conference is huge with around 15,000 attendees and a phone book for a program guide. At first I was a little apprehensive about coming but then I went to a talk about Read more…
Great news! I have successfully navigated the world of grant proposal writing and just accepted my first grant award. In November I submitted a Classroom Research Grant through the Mathematics Education Trust (MET) housed within the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). It is a grant that encourages classroom teachers to Read more…
I had the opportunity this evening to speak to the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium and Center for Mathematics and Science Education Teacher Conference. The talk was based on my dissertation work but extending it to the current situation surrounding the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. Below is how Read more…
The University of Mississippi School of Education has started the Journal of Contemporary Research in Education. One of the articles in the first issue of the journal is my own where I talk about a study I did on my own teaching practice where I attempted to teach mathematics with and Read more…
I recently signed a petition in support of Dr. Jo Boaler at Stanford University. She recently posted on her website a description of harassment and unethical behavior by some of her colleagues at Stanford. She has done some great work supporting a rethinking of how mathematics is traditionally taught, and Read more…
Today I gave the opening keynote to the 2nd Annual Mathematics Specialist Conference at the Center for Mathematics and Science Education. My job was to show how the eight Standards for Mathematical Practice from the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics can be seen in classroom instructional practices. Below is Read more…
I have given talks on building community in my classes, because I believe that it is a resource for learning that is not used to the fullest extent in all classroom settings. So much of what we know about learning is tied to how people learn better together rather than Read more…