One of the things my teaching sorely lacks is enough preparation time. I’m generally very good shooting from the hip by drawing off of twenty years of teaching experience, but John Milton Gregory’s “Seven Laws of Teaching” discourages this. The other day I seized the opportunity for a little fresh study in preparation for an … Continue reading
Being mathematically oriented I find myself being preoccupied with order and efficiency. I prefer to spend my time thinking about how to complete a task more efficiently rather than diving in and completing the task. When I recognized that I had an aversion to collecting homework I started to ask myself questions like… What is … Continue reading
I’d be surprised if I was the only teacher to have students that show sloppy, disorganized work (see content). It would be relatively easy for me to tell my students exactly how I want their work presented and require this specific presentation form. But what happens when my students have a different math teacher. Perhaps … Continue reading
When meeting with a class at the beginning of any given year I’m almost always asked in some form, “How much work do we need to show?” Generally students seem to want this question answered so they aren’t doing more work than necessary, which mathematically is a pretty good idea. My answer is almost invariably, … Continue reading
