Math, instructional design & technology, math education, assistant professor, Building thinking classrooms
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7 Mar 2023
To summarize 1 student in my #thinkingclassroom:
This class is like a cooking show - you're the head chef who goes around to all the cooking stations, asks ?s about we're cooking and gives us tips and suggestions.
@eleanor_pusey @pgliljedahl
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9 Jul 2024
This new features makes me very happy!
9 Jul 2024
Have you noticed the new label on the balance scale? It's a delight! Learn more about this and other new features in our latest "What's New on Polypad" video at: youtu.be/1qjJbaboUR0
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25 Jun 2024
#TryThisTuesday
As Close As It Gets is a super sense making routine, where you don't have to solve the problem, just choose the answer that's the closest.
#MathIsFigureOutAble #MathChat #MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathEd #Mathematics
ALT 1504/14.9 a.10 b.100 c.1000 d.1
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12 Jun 2024
The first step to deepening Ss' inquiry?
Asking improved questions!
Educator Trevor MacKenzie provides some suggestions with this anchor chart:
(And check out @trev_mackenzie's upcoming book, "Inquiry Mindset Questions Edition," for more!)
#EdChat
ALT Anchor chart titled "Closed –> Open," including model questions and sentence stems.
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12 Jun 2024
In partnership with @MathforLove, we are excited to release Addition, Subtraction, and Division by Heart (coming soon), to join Mult. by Heart. This FREE resource is based in spaced repetition and provides visualizations for each fact. Get started at fluency.amplify.com!
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14 Jun 2024
There would be one episode, cause they would all give up.
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12 Jun 2024
Paul Skenes just walked off the mound at Busch Stadium to a standing ovation from Cardinals fans
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22 May 2024
Science of Reading. This is your final destination.
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16 May 2024
Calculus joke
ALT Integral of x with respect to x = x²/2 sea
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5 Apr 2024
Random Acts of Maths — over 300 pocket-sized problems, teasers, curios, provocations, inspirations, etc., for teachers to gift to students, school visitors, et al. Free to download, with solutions and slides: bit.ly/2MkTnFM • #maths #math #MTBos #iteachmath
ALT Some examples of ‘Random Acts of Maths’.
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15 May 2024
💪🏻 🧠 Use the power of the "See, Think, Wonder" #ThinkingRoutine to spark curiosity & drive inquiry: bit.ly/3OwHL3I
Downloadable template: bit.ly/3YtpyZe
#EdChat #EduTwitter #EdChatEU #UKEdChat #AussieEd #EdChatAsia #AfricaEd
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15 May 2024
Seven different digits are placed in a row. The products of the first three, middle three, and last three are all equal. What is the middle digit? Find the solution and explore all questions on our puzzle calendar at mathigon.org/puzzles#2021
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15 May 2024
1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, ?
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15 May 2024
Wow! It’s like having your own private tutor
13 May 2024
Did you hear? @OpenAI's newest model can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time.
How does GPT-4o do with math tutoring?🤔
@salkhanacademy and his son test it on a Khan Academy math problem.
You can get AI-powered math tutoring right now with Khanmigo: khanmigo.ai/parents
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15 May 2024
“New Math” isn’t actually new. It’s just a better explanation of what you were originally taught.
15 May 2024
What opinion about math education has you defending it like this?
ALT A very long phone with a long text message.
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14 May 2024
The music tools embedded into the fraction bars on Polypad can be leveraged to engage students in math and help them make meaning of fraction concepts. Read this blog to learn how educator Jenna Laib has done just this. Amazing work @jennalaib!
jennalaib.wordpress.com/2024…
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14 May 2024
Other, but it would be something like C, but completely random. I grab the eggs based on looks, not position 🤷♀️ most people would probably want to rearrange my egg cartons.
11 May 2024
I don't mean to start any drama or anything, but if you had 6 eggs left in your egg carton, how would you place them?
ALT A: 6 eggs on the left. B: 6 eggs on top. C. 6 eggs alternating top and bottom Other
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4 May 2024
A math challenge I had today: My friend turned 33. I bought a cake but there are no "3" candles. How would you make 33 using 0s, 5s, 7s, and 9s?
ALT Numbers as candles: 0, 5, 7, 9
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