Teacher Listening

Throughout my teacher education and preparation programs, I have become familiar with terms such as teacher noticing and teacher questioning. Both of these are important to the classroom; the teacher must notice what is happening and who is learning, and the teacher must also be able to ask questions that allows students to flex their cognitive muscles. However, there is… Read more →

Assessing Proficiency

Hello! The year has been flying by, and even though it is still March, the math department at ARHS is beginning to discuss adjustments for next year. Specifically, the topic of assessment and grading has been an important point of conversation. As discussed in my previous blogs, the math department has been doing a few experiments this year. My mentor… Read more →

Real-ish Problems and Modeling

Hello Everyone! I have kind of fallen off of the “one post every two weeks” wagon, but I will keep trying to get posts out as regularly as possible! Today’s post is related to a blog I found via the MathEd Twitter. This blog, written by Matt Felton-Koestler, discusses the use of context in math problems (the blog can be… Read more →

Group-Worthy Tasks and Complex Instruction

Good Afternoon! Today’s blog is dedicated to the concepts of “group-worthy tasks” and “complex instruction”. You may have noticed from my previous posts that I value students working in groups. This is important for a variety of reasons such as it allows students to see mathematics from different points of view, it forces students to communicate mathematical ideas, and it… Read more →

Pre-Practicum Reflection

Hello! I can’t believe it has been two weeks already! This week I finished my first semester of graduate school, and therefore, I am halfway done with the S2TLC program (even though I am still student teaching through June…). The time has flown by, and I can not believe the pre-practicum experience is coming to and end. Recently, I have… Read more →

Lesson Study

Hello All! This week, I am doing things a little differently. In one of my graduate courses, we were tasked to plan and implement a lesson based on the Japanese Lesson Study method. This method involved a group of teachers planning a lesson, one of them implementing the lesson while the others observe, and then all the teachers reflecting on… Read more →

Technology

Welcome Back! This is my first post after taking a two week break, and I have an interesting story to share! Going through an undergraduate education program, I heard over and over again about the importance of implementing technology in the classroom. This is also an idea educators hear over and over again at countless professional development sessions. Personally, I… Read more →

Update!

Hey everyone! My course work and teaching work has started to increase, and I have already discussed in this blog many of the ideas that are at the front of my brain, so I have decided to make my posts more on the bi-weekly side of things. In other words, I’ll try to get a post out every other Friday. Also,… Read more →

Social Justice and Mathematics

Welcome Back! During my undergraduate years at Westfield State University, I took a class in Multicultural Education. This course focused on the ideas of culturally responsive pedagogy, and curriculum that promotes social justice education. The course was eye-opening for me, and gave me a whole new reason to become a teacher. For those of you who do not know, culturally… Read more →

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