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Interested in how HOPE transforms learning for everyone. Lucky to teach at OBHS, Educational Consultant, Teaching Mentor, Speaker, Founder Mathbeacon,
Victoria, British Columbia
Joined March 2012
When we make learning a competition, what are we teaching students about learning? Don't we want all our students to learn/master the outcomes. Retakes send a message & opportunity that learning is ongoing and that mastery is accessible to all. #sd61learn @joboaler #iteachmath
Thanks, Peter, for giving me the opportunity to help clarify these issues. I hope readers find it helpful!
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A true but seemingly controversial statement from our recent article on Standards-Based Grading.
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I canβt stop laughing and smiling at this. I asked ChatGPT to write the 10 commandments of instructional design.
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1/7 As the years go by, fewer educators hear about one of the most important research findings of the 20th century, known as the Eight-Year Study. Back in the '30s, 30 high schools around the U.S. turned traditional practice on its head, especially for college-bound students...
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A neuroscientist says these 4 'highly coveted' skills make introverts more successful than others - CNBC
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Neuroscientist Friederike Fabritius has worked with companies like Google and Deloitte on how to retain top talent. While many leaders prefer to hire extroverts, she says introverts are often more...
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Use these 9 little phrases to 'instantly brighten' someone's day, says happiness expert - CNBC
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Studies show that we underestimate how happy and grateful another person feels after we give them a compliment. Happiness expert Stephanie Harrison shares nine simple phrases you can say to uplift...
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So proud of this little man! Such an incredible builder and problem solver. This is for ver my head. #sd61learn. #iteachmath #building #kidsareawsome
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Good Morning Whistler, I am over the moon to be sharing this morning about elevating classrooms to communities. I don't want kids to come to my math class, I want them to belong to it! #BCAMTbelong ,#maths, #iteachmath, #sd61learn, #classroom2community, #community
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Super excited to be in Whistler at the BCAMT conference & working with such great people. I am looking forward to presenting "Stop Teaching Math" I hope no one listens to my presentation title. π #stopteachingmath, #BCAMTbelong,#Iteachmath, #sd61learn,#maths, #hope
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The goal of assessment is not to rank students or determine who is best, but rather to help ALL students improve and do their best. #sd61learn, #math, #iteachcalculus, #bcamt, #iteachmath #standardsbasedgrading, #assessment
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We love @desmos. Hey desmos, any chance you can add a feature to darken minor grid lines. When I create a paper task with a desmos graph, it is sometimes hard for students to see the lines. Maybe you have already created this feature and I don't know about it. Thank you
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Cooperative learning as a strategy to reduce bullying? Interesting study of middle schools:
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Request PDF | Cooperative Learning in Middle School: A Means to Improve Peer Relations and Reduce Victimization, Bullying, and Related Outcomes | Peer victimization is a highly stressful experience...
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My daughter and I surviving the night in Ukraine. We are real people at war with crazy dictator and we need the worldβs support right now #StandWithUkraine
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The Nigerian President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, has called on Western nations to pay compensation to Africa for the damage done to the continent by the slave trade.
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In addition we mistakenly give the impression that math is all about the right answer the first time. #sd61learn
when we ask a question and take an answer from the first person who raises their hand... we mistakenly give the impression that it is about speed. @joboaler #youcubed
https://t.co/vaToiS7RsB
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I donβt want a room full of calculators. I already have. Great post dave. #sd61learn
Such an important reminder. School is more about having kids think like mathematicians and less like calculators. #mathchat #edchat
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In 1912 we knew that grading practices were UNRELIABLE! So why do they persist over 100 years later! @tguskey
https://t.co/jk0qdHCRvr
https://t.co/4bqFex1hQM
#grading
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