
Postings on this site that are likely to be of interest to teachers, organized in sequence by topic where possible:
Education in General
What A Parent Wants From A School
Unintended Consequences of a 0 – 100 Grading System
Short Assessment Grading: Add or Average?
Lecturing: There Are Better Ways ToTeach
ConcepTests and Peer Instruction
“Teacher” is an inaccurate title
Flipped Classroom: It’s About Timely Formative Feedback
Cost effective adult education: might it influence secondary education?
Teaching Mathematics
Life Skills Learned In Math Class
Integrating Mathematics With Other Subjects
Re-thinking Our High School Math Curriculum
Scheduling for Curricular Depth and Challenge
Procedural vs Intuitive Approaches
Eight Attributes of Effective Activities, Problems, or Projects
Projects vs Problems in Math Class
“Hidden” Learning Objectives for a Linear Equations Problem or Project
Linear Equation Activity Ideas
The Purpose of High School Mathematics
Grant Wiggins on Mathematics Education
Practice Problems
Modeling Events Using Periodic Functions
Interactive Tools
Interactive Graphs for Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Interactive Graphs
Linear Functions
GeoGebraBook: Linear Functions, which contains:
Interactive Linear Function Graph: Slope-Intercept Form
Interactive Linear Function Graph: Point-Slope Form
Interactive Linear Function Graph: Standard Form
Quadratic Functions
GeoGebraBook: Quadratic Functions, which contains
Interactive Quadratic Function Graph: Factored Form
Interactive Quadratic Function Graph: Standard Form
Interactive Quadratic Function Graph: Standard Form – the effect of “b”
Interactive Quadratic Function Graph: Vertex Form
Exponential & Logarithmic Functions
GeoGebraBook: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions, which contains
Interactive Exponential Function Graph
Interactive Logarithmic Function Graph
Rational Functions
Interactive Rational Function Graph
Trigonometric Functions
GeoGebraBook: Unit Circle Symmetry
GeoGebraBook: Trig Functions, which contains
Interactive Sine Function Graph
Interactive Cosine Function Graph
Being a Successful Student
Studying to Understand vs Studying to Memorize
Successfully Asking Questions In Class
Ten Skills Every Student Should Learn
Problems fall into four categories
Improve Your Math Grade: Use Scrap Paper
Lost points on a problem? What to do…