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November 10, 2010

Post Salon Contentment

Back from the math salon and feeling great. I’ve been able to make some minor adjustments since the last one: I added a challenge problem, a group game after [...]

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November 2, 2010

Write it down! (When talent becomes a hurdle)

I met with an older student this evening, who’s story is classic. He excelled in math effortlessly; everything was obvious. This until he hit college level [...]

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October 29, 2010

What do the best classrooms do, and who are they, anyway?

Here’s a news flash: go into the best classrooms in the world and you won’t see too many computers. “In most of the highest-performing systems, [...]

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October 24, 2010

What do you want in a curriculum?

As you may have noticed, I just added an email subscription box and rss feed subscription button in the column to the right. You can now enjoy the blog from [...]

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October 22, 2010

The power of student questions (and the admiration of strangers)

I had two unsolicited, impressed comments from strangers who heard my tutoring sessions yesterday. It’s very gratifying: they’re more for my students than [...]

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October 18, 2010

“Is my child learning enough math?”

It’s a question that bothers many parents, especially homeschooling parents. After all, being responsible for a child’s math education is a heavy load to [...]

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