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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Alfred Posamentier, one of my great heroes, and Daniel Jaye have collaborated to produce a discussion of "79 Research-based Strategies for the Standards-based Classroom", which is the subtitle of the book, What SUCCESSFUL Math Teachers Do, Grades 6-12.
Posamentier is dean of the School of Education and Professor of Mathematics Education ...
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
During my high school years I spent two summers at the Ross Math Program studying Number Theory and other more esoteric branches of mathematics. The head of the program, Professor Arnold Ross, was not only a brilliant mathematician but he knew how to teach Math to bright students in a ...
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Since writing my last post I got a copy of Mark Wahl's Math for Humans: Teaching Math Through 7 Intelligences. Wahl is brilliant. He provides inspiration, explanation, and techniques (with plenty of examples) for using Gardner's Multiple Intelligences to teach Math to students who may excel in one kind of ...
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
Some of you reading this blog might wonder how anyone could like Math. Or, maybe you really enjoy Math but a friend, child, or student of yours hates Math. What can you do to increase your appreciation and enjoyment of Math or to help someone else increase their appreciation?
Here are ...
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