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anonymous

Get Students Writing Right: Tips for the Content Area Classroom : Teachers at Work : Th... - 0 views

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    Ths article gives some tips of how to put writing into math and other content areas.
Marissa Utterberg

Misunderstood Minds . Introduction | PBS - 0 views

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    Learning disability simulations on attention, reading, writing, and mathematics.
Elsina Ericson

f(t): Moon Safari - 0 views

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    This lesson guides students to write a function for predicting moon cycles using sine and cosine.
apejones

Punk Rock Operations Research | ~*~ operations research or die! ~*~ a blog by Laura McLay - 0 views

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    I just love this writing style!
Katie Dambrink

Math Mama Writes... - 0 views

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    Another math blog.
Denise McCubbins

The Epidemic Of Media Multitasking While Learning « Annie Murphy Paul - 0 views

  • By the time the 15 minutes were up, they had spent only about 65 percent of the observation period actually doing their schoolwork.
  • Attending to multiple streams of information and entertainment while studying, doing homework, or even sitting in class has become common behavior among young people—so common that many of them rarely write a paper or complete a problem set any other way.
  • o detrimental is this practice that some researchers are proposing that a new prerequisite for academic and even professional success—the new marshmallow test of self-discipline—is the ability to resist a blinking inbox or a buzzing phone.
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  • One large survey found that 80 percent of college students admit to texting during class; 15 percent say they send 11 or more texts in a single class period.
  • f you’re paying attention to your phone, you’re not paying attention to what’s going on in class.”
  • Now that these devices have been admitted into classrooms and study spaces, it has proven difficult to police the line between their approved and illicit uses by students.
  • ut listening to a lecture while texting, or doing homework and being on Facebook—each of these tasks is very demanding, and each of them uses the same area of the brain, the prefrontal cortex.”
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  • assignment takes longe
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  • memory of what they’re working on will be impaired
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  • ur brains actually process and store information in different, less useful ways
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    Multitasking while studying is not effective
christyannet

Pixar in a Box - 0 views

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    This is one of the most relevant applications that I have found to present to students. There are TED talks about it, but I like this version for students to approach and play with the animation by writing math equations.
mollygrace89

misscalcul8 - 0 views

  • I problem solve. I create. I write. I organize. I observe. I analyze. I discuss. I question. I make it plain.I am a high school math teacher. 
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    Math Blog
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    Energetic and popular math teaching blog. 
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    A little wordy, but still has some good ideas.  Good blogging voice by Elissa Miller. 
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