On this blog – under the Strategy Showcase heading – I want to write about the lesson ideas and instructional strategies I'm using in my classes. I want to write about the failures and successes and the drawbacks and benefits. But when I started to write, I realized this was way too broad. I could … Continue reading Ten Questions
Author: Joey Kelly
0. Origin Story
Step 1: New Year, New Culture Entering my second year of teaching, I had no idea what our department culture would be like. We lost several seasoned veteran teachers and replaced them with teachers who were somehow even younger than me. I had discovered math-ed blogs over the summer, and throughout the fall, our conversations … Continue reading 0. Origin Story
Intellectual Vindication
There is a certain feeling I get all the time as a math teacher, especially when I'm reading blogs. My colleague and I gave it a name, and it has become a staple of my vocabulary. Here is my best attempt at defining it. Definition: A person experiences intellectual vindication when they are grappling with an unrefined idea, and they … Continue reading Intellectual Vindication
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