Do your students deserve the very best teacher you can be? Great teachers help mold great students! One of the foundational traits that conscientious educators model is being a life-long learner. For educators, this means finding opportunities to enhance their skills and knowledge to support their students’ classroom experiences. A couple of years ago I came across this Sketchnote by Sylvia … [Read more...]
Promoting Productive Struggle That Leads to Understanding
Dear Educators: As a T3 Instructor, I am pleased to announce that Texas Instruments is excited to be offer a new workshop focused on enhancing student understanding.This workshop will promote productive struggle as a key learning strategy. "Promoting Productive Struggle That Leads to Understanding" Has the following objectives: Do your students know how to show what they know in more … [Read more...]
3 Opportunities for Connecting Numeracy and Literacy When Using Literature in the Mathematics Classroom
3 Opportunities for Connecting Numeracy and Literacy When Using Literature in the Mathematics Classroom Do trade books have a place in today’s mathematics classroom? Yes! Incorporating literature into the mathematics classroom at any level can increase student engagement, can make the mathematics being studied come alive for the student as well as have meaning, and can help to differentiate … [Read more...]