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Category Archives: K-12 Education
The Third Year of “On Teaching and Learning Mathematics”
By Benjamin Braun, Editor-in-Chief, University of Kentucky Summer 2017 brought the third anniversary of On Teaching and Learning Mathematics and with it our annual review of the articles we have published since our previous year in review article. Over the … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment Practices, Classroom Practices, Communication, Curriculum, Education Policy, Faculty Experiences, Graduate Education, K-12 Education, Mathematics Education Research, Multidisciplinary Education, Outreach, Research, Student Experiences, Summer Programs
Tagged year in review
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The Mathematical Encounter That Changed My Life
By Art Duval, Contributing Editor, University of Texas at El Paso I just returned from an all-years reunion of the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (HCSSiM) program, a six-week program I attended during the summer between my sophomore and junior … Continue reading
Posted in K-12 Education, Summer Programs
Tagged 17, active learning, HCSSiM, problem solving, yellow pigs
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Help Wanted: Mathematics Tutor
By Priscilla Bremser, Contributing Editor, Middlebury College “Can you recommend a good math tutor?” I hear this question from friends with children in local schools, academic support staff at my institution, and my own students. Once or twice I’ve even … Continue reading
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Our Responsibility – Our Opportunity: Mathematical Habits of Mind
By Brigitte Lahme, Professor, Sonoma State University Every university instructor would be thrilled if their students came to their mathematics classes with the ability to make viable arguments and to critique the reasoning of others; if their inclination were to … Continue reading
Six Ways Mathematics Instructors Can Support Diversity and Inclusion
By Natalie LF Hobson, Graduate Student, University of Georgia What teaching practices support a diverse student body in your mathematics classroom? In this post, I suggest six concrete teaching practices you can implement today to help make your classroom a … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Practices, K-12 Education, Student Experiences
Tagged assessment, diversity, inclusion, mindset
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Integrating Computer Science in Math: The Potential Is Great, But So Are The Risks
By Emmanuel Schanzer, Bootstrap Recent calls to bring Computer Science to K-12 schools have reached a fever pitch. Groups like Code.org and Girls Who Code have become household names, having raised tens of millions in funding from Silicon Valley luminaries … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Practices, Curriculum, K-12 Education
Tagged computer science, high school
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Creating Momentum Through Communicating Mathematics
By Matthias Beck, San Francisco State University, and Brandy Wiegers, Central Washington University Given five minutes, can you turn to the person next to you and describe your research? How about over 15 minutes in front of a class of … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Practices, Graduate Education, K-12 Education, Outreach, Research, Student Experiences
Tagged GK-12, graduate students, math circle, NSF, outreach
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Conventional Courses are Not Enough for Future High School Teachers
By Yvonne Lai, University of Nebraska – Lincoln and Heather Howell, Educational Testing Service Consider how you would respond to two different versions of a question. In the first, you are asked to solve a high school mathematics problem. In the second, some high … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, K-12 Education
Tagged Curriculum, preservice teachers, teacher training
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More Linear Algebra, Please
By Drew Armstrong, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Miami Anyone who teaches mathematics in the US knows that the quality of education could be better, but we also know that the problems are complicated and defy easy solutions. I … Continue reading
The Second Year of “On Teaching and Learning Mathematics”
By Art Duval, Contributing Editor, University of Texas at El Paso Another year has flown by, and so it is once again a good time to collect and reflect on all the articles we have been able to share with … Continue reading
