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Math Teachers at Play #11

…over at Math Mama Writes… 15 solid links (including back here!) Summertime, teachers get quiet, but the math carnivals roll forward… … more →

JD2718

in history, out of context

hack-of-all-trades wrote 6 days ago: The more I read, the more it seems as if no one who understands math believes it is being taught cor … more →

Tags: Education

Math Teachers at Play #11

jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: …over at Math Mama Writes… 15 solid links (including back here!) Summertime, teachers ge … more →

Tags: Blogging, Math, Math Teachers, mathematics, Blog Carnival, Math Teachers at Play

5 logic puzzles - how can we use these?

jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: Over the last week I posted five logic puzzles that push the solver to adopt multiple points of view … more →

Tags: Logic & Math, Math, mathematics, Puzzles, Logic Puzzles, Problem-solving

Aligning Computer Science with Mathematics by Felleisen and Krishnamurthi

Mark Guzdial wrote 1 week ago: The July 2009 Communications of the ACM has an interesting article by Matthias Felleisen and Shriram … more →

Tags: Boxer, CACM, DrScheme, high school CS, Physics Education, Scheme, Science Education

I was once in a math war skirmish… Aftermath... We win... and lose — 2 comments

jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: In the late 1990s the Math Wars, ignited in California, were spreading across the country. I was a w … more →

Tags: Bronx, NY, Math, Math Teachers, mathematics, New York, New York City, New York City Department of Education, NYC, NYCDOE

The End? — 3 comments

jd2718 wrote 3 weeks ago: June 26, 2009. The last day for teachers. This has been one long damned year. The agreement to trade … more →

Tags: Teachers, Teachers Unions, Bronx, NY, Math Teachers, Travel, new teachers, School Scheduling, Summer Vacation, teacher organizing

Geometry scores — 1 comment

jd2718 wrote 3 weeks ago: The New York State Education Department released the cut scores for the Geometry Regents (anyone els … more →

Tags: mathematics, New York State, High School, New York, Testing, Geometry, Geometry, regents, Integrated Geometry

My favorite bad exam target: Math B (and a puzzle) — 4 comments

jd2718 wrote 3 weeks ago: I don’t like high stakes tests (I think necessary testing can be done in a way to reduce the s … more →

Tags: Math, mathematics, New York State, New York, Math Teachers, Testing, regents, MATH B, New York State Education Department

Math B later today - not quite the end — 5 comments

jd2718 wrote 3 weeks ago: One of the worst standardized mathematics examinations I have encountered, Math B, is entering its f … more →

Tags: Math, mathematics, New York State, High School, New York, Testing, regents, MATH B, New York State Education Department

Math Regents Update - Sunday night — 3 comments

jd2718 wrote 3 weeks ago: Math A – gone. Integrated Trig/Algebra 2 – Not yet arrived Integrated geometry. Administ … more →

Tags: Math, Teachers, mathematics, New York State, High School, New York, Math Teachers, Testing, Students

Integrated Geometry - June 2009 - issues with some questions — 5 comments

jd2718 wrote 3 weeks ago: I liked the exam, almost by accident. It feels more like a content exam, since the indicators are bu … more →

Tags: Geometry, High School, Math, Math Teachers, mathematics, New York, New York State, Testing, regents

June 2009 Integrated Algebra 31 - 39 — 174 comments

jd2718 wrote 3 weeks ago: For the answers to the multiple choice, click here. For the conversion chart, click here. Notice: Fe … more →

Tags: algebra, Math, Math Teachers, mathematics, New York, New York State, Testing, regents, Integrated Algebra

June 2009 Integrated Algebra Regents quick answers — 282 comments

jd2718 wrote 3 weeks ago: Scads of impatient munchkins out there. Instead of completing the whole thing, I’m putting up … more →

Tags: algebra, High School, Math, mathematics, New York, New York State, Testing, Integrated Algebra, New York State Education Department

Donald in MathMagic Land

condofire wrote 4 weeks ago: I was going to write another Conversations with my Mother piece but our conversations lately are ver … more →

Tags: Conversations With My Mother, Life, Movies, Disney MathMagic, MathMagic

Geometry Regents - strange question distribution — 6 comments

jd2718 wrote 4 weeks ago: I like the new Integrated Geometry regents. Despite it being a “standards-based” exam, t … more →

Tags: Geometry, High School, Math Teachers, mathematics, New York, New York State, Testing, Integrated Geometry, New York State Education Department

Integrated Algebra Regents - later today — 56 comments

jd2718 wrote 4 weeks ago: There’s not much more you can do at this point, but we do have three exams with answers and on … more →

Tags: algebra, Math Teachers, mathematics, New York, New York State, Testing, regents, Integrated Algebra, New York State Education Department

June 2009 Integrated Geometry Answer Key posted at JMap — 2 comments

jd2718 wrote 1 month ago: Commenter Hugh pointed it out Click for the key. … more →

Tags: Math, mathematics, New York State, Math Teachers, Testing, Geometry, regents, Integrated Geometry, nysed

Integrated Geometry Regents - the cut score pools — 20 comments

jd2718 wrote 1 month ago: — Update 6/25:  The correct answers were 41 and 71. I was (happily) way off.   Congratulations … more →

Tags: Geometry, High School, Math, Math Teachers, mathematics, New York State, Testing, Integrated Geometry, New York State Education Department

1st Integrated Geometry regents - initial reaction — 10 comments

jd2718 wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday the first exam in “Integrated Geometry” was administered throughout New York S … more →

Tags: Math, mathematics, New York State, New York City Department of Education, Testing, Geometry, Integrated Geometry, New York State Education Department, regents


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