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Chris Harrow

Top 10 - 101qs - 0 views

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    A great collection of Dan Meyer intro video clips
Chris Harrow

Fake Money - Act 1 on Vimeo - 1 views

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    This is a great Act 1, in Dan Meyer terminology, for introducing exponential functions. It's 40ish seconds long & totally accessible for ES, MS, & HS students.
Chris Harrow

Devlin's Angle: If You Don't Have a Web Presence, Are You Doing Your Job? - 2 views

  • the fact that there are millions of people who, rather than examine the evidence and change their position, prefer to cling to what they were taught as children, is simply a fact of life
  • Americans seem particularly prone to this head-in-the-sands behavior.
  • Sure, it takes time to build those networks. But there is an audience out there of committed teachers who are eager for all the help they can get.
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  • If no teacher has learned of, or been influenced by, our work, why should we expect society to continue to support us?
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    Great find. I've listened to the entire discussion linked in Devlin's talk and it is fantastic.
Chris Harrow

dy/dan » Blog Archive » The Comprehensive Math Assessment Resource - 3 views

  • If you'd like to see assessment amount to more than a meaningless exercise in classroom control, if you'd like to see cheating drop and confidence rise, if you'd like to see a higher correlation between the grade you feel a student deserves and the grade on that student's transcript … … take something from this page.
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    A collection of truly insightful musings on assessment, whether you teach math or something else.
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    Chris, I definitely think this process for assessment could be utilized in other disciplines quite easily. The idea of student ownership is a huge factor for motivating students. The parent involvement seems to be a positive aspect, too. Thank you so much for keeping us all aware of innovative practices happening in education. Karen Anderson
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