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Seth's Blog: What do you do when they don't understand? - 2 views

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  • No one is going to read the whole thing, ever again. But we need to make it much easier to read the part of the thing that someone really cares about.
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These people are not male, white, bearded or bald - Republic of Mathematics blog - 0 views

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  • Chris Harrow on 07 Jul 12
     
    "The following images are of black women who are research mathematicians. There are not enough of them, and their talents and abilities are not recognized in the wider community to the extent they should be."
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How Thinking in 3D Can Improve Math and Science Skills | MindShift - 1 views

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  • scientists from the University of Chicago reported that young children who understand how shapes fit together are better able to use a number line and to solve computation problems.
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Redefining Success and Celebrating the Unremarkable - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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  • As Mr. McCullough said in his graduation speech: “Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.”
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Story Telling, Teaching, and Mathematics « Mr Honner - 0 views

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  • a surprising source of mathematical problem-solving and teaching
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Trees, grass and gas: the battle for dominance | @GrrlScientist | Science | guardian.co.uk - 1 views

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  • a new study shows that rising concentrations of CO2 are shifting the odds to favour trees over grasses, suggesting that large regions of Africa's savannas may be forests by the end of this century.
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America Needs To Study Fractions: Scientific American Podcast - 2 views

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  • a new study finds that Americans are falling significantly behind in math aptitude compared with China, Finland, the Netherlands and Canada. And the root cause is deficiencies in knowledge of fractions and division.
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A teacher explains why she gave up a career she loved | Get Schooled - 1 views

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  • I would like to go back some day when the system finally figures out how lucky it is that people are willing to teach.
  • I cannot ignore that I am leaving a profession I love dearly. Everyone in my family has been part of public education. I viewed it as a calling. I guess now the call has changed its tune.
  • I have decided to quit teaching. Maybe not forever, but definitely for a year or two. This is not a decision I came to lightly, and I did not feel triumphant in it at all. To be frank, I had never felt more defeated in my life.
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  • I thought schools were about learning, but it’s become more about numbers and appearances than learning. When it reached the point that I dreaded getting up and going to work in the morning, it was time to leave. Teaching is not a job you can do well if you don’t love it.
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Kitchen math and science | The Rhode Show - 0 views

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  • As children, most of us were told not to play with our food. However, when appropriately approached food can be a useful tool to teach children math and science. Science and math are throughout your house indoors and outdoors, especially in the kitchen.
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Superstar teachers | Harvard Gazette - 1 views

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  • Top educators boost students’ earnings, living standards, study says
  • Chris Harrow on 19 Jun 12
     
    Interesting use of a data set.
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Powers of Ten: The 1968 Documentary by Legendary Designers Ray and Charles Eames | Open... - 1 views

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  • The movie starts with a fixed point in Chicago, then zooms out into the universe by factors of ten. And, before too long, you find yourself 100 million light years away.
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Artifact Box Exchange Network - 1 views

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  • Robert Ryshke on 13 Jun 12
     
    Identify the location.... The prior locations have been identified (see below), so we have posted a new one. If you have a picture of some outstanding statue, historical marker, manmade attraction, natural structure, or another recognizable landmark that identifies a city or town, send it to me.
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What goes into mathematical thinking? - 0 views

www.aft.org/...willingham.pdf Daniel Willingham Learning math brain
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  • Chris Harrow on 02 Jun 12
     
    "So, learning math is somewhat like learning to read: we can do it, but it takes time and effort, and requires mastering increasingly complex skills and con- tent. Just about everyone will get to the point where they can read a serious newspaper, and just about everyone will get to the point where they can do high school-level algebra and geometry-even if not everyone wants to reach the point of comprehending James Joyce's Ulysses or solving partial differential equations."
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AFT - A Union of Professionals - Ask the Cognitive Scientist - 0 views

www.aft.org/...willingham.cfm Daniel Willingham Learning Myths
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  • "Brain-Based" Learning: More Fiction Than Fact
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Education experts disagree on importance of school class size - The Denver Post - 3 views

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  • Robert Ryshke on 29 May 12
     
    When Greg Sumlin looks at the incoming kindergarten class at East Elementary School in Littleton, he sees a group of English learners who need immediate, intensive instruction - in small classes where teachers can give them individual attention.
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Mathematics: What is it like to have an understanding of very advanced mathematics? - Q... - 1 views

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  • I'm interested to hear what very talented mathematicians and physicists have to say about "what it's like" to have an internalized sense of very advanced mathematical concepts
  • Mathematicians will often spend days thinking of a clean argument that completely avoids numbers and strings of elementary deductions in favor of seeing why what they want to show follows easily from some very deep and general pattern
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Why great ideas come when you aren't trying : Nature News & Comment - 3 views

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  • A study now suggests that simply taking a break does not bring on inspiration — rather, creativity is fostered by tasks that allow the mind to wander.
  • From an evolutionary perspective, mind-wandering seems totally counterproductive and has been viewed as dysfunctional because it compromises people’s performance in physical activities. However, Baird’s work shows that allowing the brain to enter this state when it is considering complex problems can have real benefits. Zoning out may have aided humans when survival depended on creative solutions.
  • Chris Harrow on 26 May 12
     
    Some evidence that 100% "time on task" might actually be counterproductive if you want to develop creativity.
  • Ted Sadtler on 27 May 12
     
    Thanks Chris. I'm currently reading Jonah Lehrer's "Imagine: How Creativity Works." lots of tie-ins with this research (Kounios is one of his main sources). I wonder if we can build such mind- wandering into our classes...do physics labs allow for "deliberate zoning out time"? Probably not.
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