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Monthly Archives: November 2015
A Beginner’s Guide to Standards Based Grading
By Kate Owens, Instructor, Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston In the past, I was frustrated with grades. Usually they told me very little about what a student did or didn’t know. Also, my students didn’t always know what topics … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment Practices, Communication
Tagged assessment, standards based grading
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What is Early Math and Why Should We Care?
By Jennifer S. McCray, Assistant Research Scientist and Director of the Early Math Collaborative at Erikson Institute Effective early childhood math teaching is much more challenging than most people anticipate. Because the math is foundational, many people assume it takes … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Practices, Early Childhood, Education Policy
Tagged active learning, early math, kindergarten, preschool
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Active Learning in Mathematics, Part VI: Mathematicians’ Training as Teachers
By Benjamin Braun, Editor-in-Chief, University of Kentucky; Priscilla Bremser, Contributing Editor, Middlebury College; Art Duval, Contributing Editor, University of Texas at El Paso; Elise Lockwood, Contributing Editor, Oregon State University; and Diana White, Contributing Editor, University of Colorado Denver. Editor’s … Continue reading
