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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Don’t you hate it…
when a neat, elegant theory has to deal with messy reality? It gives you sympathy for an Aristotelian view of motion. I decided to give my Math 5 class (Differential Equations) an end-of-term exam that was a single problem, a … Continue reading
“There is no such thing as teaching”
I have just returned from a memorial service for Tony Sirignano, a well-liked and inspiring teacher from sjs. Listening to the comments caused me to think again about teaching, and I am more than ever of the opinion that “there … Continue reading
Future posts
Below are short, sometimes deliberately provocative, lines that will eventually be expanded to posts. Feel free to comment or write your own with the quote as your starting point. “There’s no such thing as teaching” “Our strengths are our weaknesses” … Continue reading
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AP or not AP, that is the question…
Well, in many respects, the issue is not a dichotomous one. But even so, let’s consider some pluses and minuses of an external, standardized test (and thus, implicitly, curriculum). We’ll start with a specific example and see if any generalizations … Continue reading
Disclaimers
I have set up this site to encourage discussion, both abstract and pragmatic, into teaching and learning. Since I am a teacher by trade, many of the points raised will be deliberately thought-provoking and not even necessarily representative of my … Continue reading
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