by admin | Aug 6, 2010 | Blog
As scientists any problem-solving process usually grabs our attention. At the age of ten I became totally fascinated with reading mysteries. The very best part of the process was solving the mystery before I reached the end of the book. For two years I read every...
by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | Blog
In my blog post of May 28th I shared an interview I had with a colleague who was just completing four years of work as a school-based literacy coach in a combined middle and high school. In this conversation we discussed her experiences as a coach and discussed the...
by rodaniel | Jun 11, 2010 | Blog
The new framework for national standards has arrived, and it is a powerful document. The committee garnered a lot of feedback from the mathematics education community and created a set of standards that did exactly what it set out to do; lessen the number of standards...
by admin | May 25, 2010 | Blog
As much as I dislike sitting down and crafting a completed writing product, I love writing to learn. Writing to learn adds to my understanding of content. As a student writing notes was an important part of my ability to do well on tests. I wanted to be a good student...
by rodaniel | May 4, 2010 | Blog
Dan Meyer presented at the TEDxNYED conference recently and delivered this talk on teaching problem solving in US schools: Let me say I couldn’t agree with him more! His approach to developing problem solving is simple. Let students focus on figuring out what...
