Category Archives: Math Education

Ingredients of a Class Activity

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Behnam Esmayli

Non-lecture math education seems to be getting its advocates in the math communities at all levels. Every alternative to the traditional math education involves some sort of class activity, where students are given tasks to complete in groups or pairs. … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Time and Space in Mathematics Classrooms

Posted on March 1, 2018 by James Sheldon

During this semester of teaching, I have decided to focus on the ways in which I engage with time and space in the classroom.  To frame this consideration, I have been looking at a book chapter entitled Landscaping Classrooms Towards … Continue reading →

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Mathematics Students and Legitimate Peripheral Participation

Posted on December 15, 2017 by James Sheldon

One of the things that mathematics educators often talk about is the idea of teaching the norms of the discipline of mathematics to students, starting at a fairly young age.  In Jo Boaler and Cathlee Humphreys’ book Connecting Mathematical Ideas: … Continue reading →

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Why we need Receptive Learning to have Active Learning

Posted on October 5, 2017 by James Sheldon

In a recent issue of Notices of the AMS, Benjamin Braun, Priscilla Bremser, Art M. Duval, Elise Lockwood, and Diana White make a compelling case to include active learning in mathematics. I want to make a less popular move and … Continue reading →

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Daily Quizzes: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly—Part 2

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Sarah K. Salmon

You may recall that quite some time ago, I tried to convince you that giving your students a one- or two-question quiz every single day had a myriad of good aspects. You can check out why I loved this method in Part … Continue reading →

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