It's been a while!

I have been looking at my own blog during the past couple of weeks, and realized that I have not posted anything in two years. My how time flies.

Updates: I am currently working with middle grades teachers on an algebraic and proportional reasoning project, as well as teaching a Math Methods class for a local university. Both of these activities are tremendously important to me. I truly appreciate the kind of dedication I see from both practicing and "about to be" practicing teachers. I continue my work with the Texas Regional Collaboratives and see the same kind of dedication in the Mathematics Professional Development Communities as in the teachers they teach. I am lucky to work with all of them

I visited with educators from all over the world and the International Conference for Math Education in Hamburg Germany last summer and also got the opportunity to be one of 15 math educators to visit in a  3-day colloquium with Finnish Math professors and educators in Helsinki.

I am proud to say that may of the things we are doing align with the best practices of many of the top performing countries, and that we all need to learn from each other.

In closing, I hope to begin again posting stories of math education on this blog and that just maybe some people will read it! LOL

Cheers--

--Debbie

Do you like math?

Just the other day we were using some conversation starter cards at the dinner table. One of the cards asked if there were any subject in the world that you'd want to be an expert at what would it be? My middle daughter, who has struggled with math throughout high school and college said that her subject would be math. On the one hand it surprised me because for someone who goes around saying, "I hate math!" , I would not have guessed that she would choose it. On the other hand she sees that it is important enough to want to be come good at it. Thoughts?

The Growth Mindset in Mathematics

This is a MUST read for all parents, teachers and older kids. I am even thinking that high school teachers should assign this as a reading. The main idea is the false belief that you cannot change one's math ability. Just like we can become better at any sport if we work out, we can become better at math too--

See this article: "There’s one key difference between kids who excel at math and those who don’t"

http://qz.com/139453/theres-one-key-difference-between-kids-who-excel-at-math-and-those-who-dont/

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