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Common Core Blog - 0 views

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    Common Core Blog with articles that discuss perspectives on the state standards as well as examples of successful lessons with plans and resources available for use!
Shannon Hanratty

Teaching Perseverance in Math | Minds in Bloom - 0 views

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    Website with blog entries from several different blogging teachers with strategies and examples for promoting critical thinking among students. This link in particular discusses how to help students persevere when struggling in math.
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Common Core Math: Best Resources for High School Educators | Edutopia - 0 views

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    Edutopia Blog - this entry provides resources in the form of videos and example lessons for high school mathematics teachers.
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Unit 1-Relationships between Quantities - Walking in Mathland - 1 views

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    A blog by Natalie Turbiville sharing her innovative approaches for teaching math at the secondary level. Suggestions by topic and ideas inspired by everyday life.
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The Myth of 'I'm Bad at Math' - Miles Kimball & Noah Smith - The Atlantic - 0 views

  • For high-school math, inborn talent is much less important than hard work, preparation, and self-confidence.
  • Thus, people’s belief that math ability can’t change becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  • researchers at Oklahoma City who recently found that belief in inborn math ability may be responsible for much of the gender gap in mathematics.
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  • Because the truth may be hard to believe, here is a set of links about some excellent books to convince you that most people can become smart in many ways, if they work hard enough: The Art of Learning by Josh Weitzkin Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
  • We already venerate sports heroes who make up for lack of talent through persistence and grit; why should our educational culture be any different?
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    Discussion of perceived "genetic ability" versus hard working students and individuals when it comes to math and school in general. 
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Home | ConnectSafelyConnectSafely - 0 views

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    A website full of tips and advice for safe internet use. From here there is access to blogs, articles, videos, and more!
Shannon Hanratty

50 Resources for Common Core Educators - Online Colleges - 0 views

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    Collection of 50 websites, blogs, articles and more to help teachers achieve the goals of the Common Core State Standards and other related factors and/or issues.
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Mrs. Hester's Classroom - 0 views

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    Math Blog with tips, tools, interactive notebook ideas and more!
Shannon Hanratty

SafeKids.com | Digital citizenship, online safety & civility - 1 views

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    An online location to educate students, parents, teachers, and beyond about internet safety. The home page hosts an on-going blog of article entries and separate pages for advice and guidance.
Shannon Hanratty

Abandoning Algebra Is Not the Answer | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network - 0 views

  • Math certainly is incomprehensible to many students, but from where I sit, poor teaching is often the reason. Math education is failing many of our students.
  • I have the utmost respect for people with math degrees who choose to teach in spite of the poor pay and discipline problems, but few people make that choice.
  • What if medical schools know that calculus is not needed in a doctor’s day-to-day practice, but that the skills she learns when taking it, including perseverance in the face of a difficult subject, make her better at understanding and responding to the flood of information she encounters in her work?
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  • but because their mathematics degrees indicate experience and acuity at problem solving.
  • like it or not, algebra is one of the first places students start to learn these problem solving skills.
  • Those who have a grasp of mathematics will have many career paths open to them that will be closed to those who have avoided it.
  • Math education needs to improve, but if illiteracy were on the rise, I don’t think we’d be talking about eliminating reading from the curriculum.
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    Intriguing response to an article questioning the purpose of current mathematics curriculum  in k-12 education. The author points out the problem solving and perseverance skills and more gained from mathematics.
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Lessons | Robert Kaplinsky - Glenrock Consulting - 0 views

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    Common Core focused lessons for different grade levels and subjects! Unique real world examples for lessons that might increase student motivation and engagement!!
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The ABCs of Classroom Management - Megan Dredge - 0 views

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    Simple but useful - a list of ABCs for Classroom Management which is always critical for successful teaching!
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Mrs. H.'s Resource Room: Communication-Teacher Collaboration - 1 views

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    Co-Teaching communication and collaboration planning sheets/organizer. SPED Blogger, download available from TPT $3.
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