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Looking Back to 2018: Growth Mindset

Looking Back to 2018: Growth Mindset

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Last year I spoke at over a dozen conferences, and at most of them I got to talk about incorporating growth mindsets in math. The rough outline was Definition of the fixed mindset and the growth mindset Differences between the two mindsets in various scenarios Strategies for making students aware of the growth mindset and how it can help math students, including specific activities Messages that we send students Summary of the benefits of the growth mindset The topic was…

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Mindsets Webinar Recording

Mindsets Webinar Recording

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If you missed my AMATYC session on Incorporating Mathematical Mindsets, here is a recording of a Pearson Webinar that I did back in October. Mindsets Webinar (Recorded) I will include the link shortly on my Mindsets web page too (Mindsets Web Page) . You can also find links to relevant books, videos, a mindset assessment, and PowerPoint files there.

New Exam Strategy

New Exam Strategy

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With the implementation of AB705 coming in Fall 2019, I am currently teaching elementary algebra for the last time. I am using a flipped classroom approach, and I am really proud of how hard my students are working. (I’ll blog more about that in the near future.) This is a short-term class, and the plan was to teach new material for three weeks, then devote the fourth week to the midterm exam. I was going to review on Tuesday and…

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TBT – Agile Students

TBT – Agile Students

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One of my goals is to be an agile teacher. I also want that for my students. Often students arrive in my class preferring to work with one method that works for every problem of a certain type. I want them to flexible and use the most efficient solution depending on the particular problem. Case in point – quadratic equations. Students who have seen this material before want to use only the quadratic formula, as they know it can be…

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Recommend an iPad Screen Capture App?

Recommend an iPad Screen Capture App?

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Requesting your help … I’m trying to find an iPad app for making/recording screencasts for my students. So for today’s Technology Thursday, I’d like for you to recommend an app for doing this. Please leave your recommendation as a comment. Thanks – George

Technology Thursday – Rocketbook Smart Notebook

Technology Thursday – Rocketbook Smart Notebook

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Each Thursday this semester I will be blogging about a technology related topic. If there is a technology question, or if there is a technology post you’d like to make (guest bloggers always welcome!) please leave a comment on the blog. One of our favorite TV shows to watch as a family is ABC’s Shark Tank. (My family always asks how I calculate the valuation so quickly, and that gives me an opportunity to remind them all that speed is…

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Two Books To Help Get Ready

Two Books To Help Get Ready

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I have decided that each Wednesday on the blog this semester will be “Wildcard Wednesday”. In other words, there will be no theme. Instead I will write about whatever happens to be on my mind. I’ll begin by sharing two books that apply to all math instructors. The Fall 2017 semester starts next week for us at College of the Sequoias. One of my favorite summer pastimes is to read books on instructional strategies and books that inspire my teaching…

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Flipping a Two Hour Class – Intro Stats

Flipping a Two Hour Class – Intro Stats

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This semester I am teaching a short term Intro Stats class, and I have found it more challenging to flip this class. The class meets 4 days a week for 2 hours a day. This can be difficult because I typically have two main concepts to cover, and students have trouble preparing for a second topic until they get a chance to work on the first concept in class. I will share some of the strategies I have used. The…

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Using IF-AT as Part of Exam Review

Using IF-AT as Part of Exam Review

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One of the highlights of the recent ICTCM conference was Eric Mazur’s keynote address about “Assessment For Learning.” He mentioned an assessment technique known as IF-AT (Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique) that reminded me a great deal of the review strategy I have been using in my intermediate algebra course. (Here’s a blog on that review strategy.) I thought it was a great idea to try, so immediately postponed my elementary algebra exams on systems of two linear equations in two…

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