Everywhere you turn there is information about the Common Core. Educational reformers are pinning their hopes on this new curriculum framework, that by focusing on depth instead of breadth, and by articulating a set of rigorous standards for student learning, educational transformation will be achieved. I believe the Common Core Standards—in Kentucky we are calling […]
As part of CTL’s book study for the FOCUS IN HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS REASONING & SENSE MAKING, this is the seventh in the series of those blog posts. This post expands our thinking to the Middle grades instruction to ask ourselves, how are those youngsters experiencing reasoning and sense making within their instructional day? For […]
I’m all about a good thinking prompt, so I decided to put my head to end of the year reflective questions that could stir teacher thinking in those final days of school. Here’s the list I’ve come up with: What was the most successful lesson you taught this year? What factors contributed to it being […]
In December I posted about school principals providing instructional leadership to support implementation of the Common Core Standards. My point was that beyond alignment, issues of effective pedagogy need to be addressed if the standards are to make a difference to student learning. Something I didn’t talk about was the role principals play in creating […]
Participate in your kids’ schools and activities, encourage them to share with you what they’re learning and doing, and with whom they’re learning and doing it, and you’re…
As an instructional architect I place a high value on “slow thinking” but are we exploring the power of what we call “digital thinking” to engage students in thinking…
I captured some ideas about writing in math classes several years ago on a wiki for a class I was taking (Teaching Transactive Writing). It is interesting as I looked through…
