Sometimes things do not go exactly to plan… As any teacher can attest, there are times when the intended outcomes of a lesson do not simply materialize when the bell rings. The same principle exists for the professional development of teachers. At the annual conference for the Association for Mathematics Read more…
Reacting to a Cognitive Shove I define an opportunity to develop as a professional a success when my thinking, my stance as a teacher of mathematics and a preparer of teachers of mathematics, changes. By that measure my time at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Annual Meeting Read more…
Struggle is a good thing. That cannot be true…can it? I don’t want to see my children struggle. I don’t want to see my students struggle. When someone struggling, I want to run over and help them. I want to remove the struggle. But I know that struggle is good. Read more…
Sometimes I am called an optimist, an idealist, or just disconnected with reality. Usually a comment like that emerges after I “confess” I have never given a test or quiz, yet I have been a teacher/teacher educator for 15 years. Instead I like to give “learning celebrations” (a term I Read more…
Formative assessment a process of gathering evidence within the stream of instruction in order to inform teaching and learning (Black, Harrison et al., 2004). To be considered formative, the evidence must be “elicited, interpreted, and used by both teachers and learners” (Wiliam, 2011, p. 43) From the Joint Position Paper Read more…
The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators met in Orlando this week which provides the opportunity for fellow teachers of teachers of mathematics to discuss how to improve the field of mathematics teacher preparation. Sounds like a niche field but the importance of preparing teachers to teach mathematics, a subject which is directly connected to Read more…
The theme of this years meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education- North America Chapter is Sin Fronteras: Questioning Borders in Mathematics Education. The purpose of a conference is to grow as a professional and one thing I can do through the magic of the internet is share what I Read more…
Today I get a chance to present with Johnny Lott! Not everyday that you get to present with a former National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) President. We are talking about Mathematics Education Trust (MET) Grants, the MET Grant that I and two high school mathematics teachers received, and Read more…