Saturday, July 29, 2006

My final Geometry post

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Summer Geometry is finally over - and not a moment too soon. I don't think either I or the kids could have stood another week of it. B...
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Friday, July 28, 2006

Survey Says...

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My summer geometry students are taking their final exams right now, so I have some time to post. I gave them a survey (like a course evalua...
Thursday, July 27, 2006

A Smashing Success

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Yesterday evening, a colleague and I drove up to UC Berkeley to visit our four students who are participating in the Level Playing Field In...
Sunday, July 23, 2006

Rational Geometry

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I was working in a nearby coffeeshop (an air-conditioned oasis) and the guy sitting next to me noticed my stack of Geometry books. We start...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Don't Get Fooled (and Learn to Fool Others!)

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That was the name of the lesson for spotting valid and invalid deductions. Students had to write their own examples of both valid and inval...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

What to do about homework...

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There is an interesting post and series of comments about homework at The Daily Grind. I agree that homework needs to be assigned every cla...
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Monday, July 17, 2006

It's Logic Week!

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In my desire to create a 5-week summer geometry course that would provide students with the concepts most needed to do well in pre-calc and ...
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Friday, July 14, 2006

Que Viva la Jeopardy!

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What can I say, it's a classic. Students love it. Why? I'm not sure. But when you put them on teams, let them buzz in, and award...
Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Socio-Constructivism: A Case Study

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This case study was written by Dr. Ferdie Rivera and Dr. Joanne Becker, two professors I learned from in my credential program. I found it...
Friday, July 07, 2006

The Village

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In a school in LA , Black students are participants in a "village" program that is seeming to provide them with a stronger sense o...
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