Tag Archive: understanding based teaching

Curiosity Based Learning with 100 Floors iPhone App

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Do your kids experiment, play and have fun while playing games? How about while learning math?

Differentiated Instruction

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It’s a great term for a great idea. Turns out I’ve been doing it for a long while. Check out the tips. (First in a series.)

Education vs. Technology – One Advances and the Other Doesn’t

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Wil, the research guy, notices how technology has advanced, but education is being left behind.

Anxiety Safe Learning Environments

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Why creating a learning environment safe from fear, anxiety and criticism is important – and how to do it!

Teach a Man to Fish… Really?

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Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day… But is teaching him to fish really any better?

Improving Creativity with Technology

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As a vehement opponent of calculators, this article is as surprising to me as it might be to anyone! Here’s how to use technology and calculators to encourage discovery and creativity in math!

How to Create an Inquiry Zone for Math Learning

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Here’re some tips on creating a safe discovery atmosphere – an Inquiry Zone – for math learning.

Inquiry-based Math Instruction

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Inspired by twitter friends, here are some ideas on creating a better math learning environment using inquiry-based math instruction.

Break the Rules and Get Fired!

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I quit. Yup – put in my notice at the day job. I’m taking the leap.
Wanna join me?

Performance vs. Understanding

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Research shows that understanding based instruction can be more effective – even though we still tend to use performance as a basis!

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