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Here is a list of people who blog about mathematics from David Wees (as a Google Reader bundle), or mathematics education. It is incomplete... but will get updated periodically.

Dan Meyers blog - new ideas each week.

"MathleteBlogs.com is a resource for mathematics teachers to connect their math students with peers from around the globe to enhance their mathematical learning experience from K-12."

Blog about finding enduring understandings for Algebra. An idea about using Scratch (drag and drop coding) in Math class.

"the more I questioned the wisdom of this rigid requirement. And eventually my message for students changed from you must show your work to you may show your work. Here's why." The goal of showing work is to understand thinking ... requiring showing work may hinder mathematical thinking by emphasizing computation.

3 Responses to a students favorite question " Why do I need this"...

Sound advice for parents and students using tutors.

Mobile devices can also be used to help student practice foundational math skills and build their math fluency.

A discussion of practices that help make a flipped classroom work.

"So according to our "big tent" model of PBL, some of the newer "X-BLs" -- problem-, challenge- and design-based -- are basically modern versions of the same concept. They feature, to varying degrees, all of BIE's 8 Essential Elements of PBL, although each has its own distinct flavor. (And by the way, each of these three, along with project-based learning, falls under the general category of inquiry-based learning -- which also includes research papers, scientific investigations, Socratic Seminars or other text-based discussions, etc."