Yes, folks, it’s finally here! Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making (for which I was the chair of the writing group) was released on October 6. See http://nctm.org/hsfocus for more information, including information on ordering, the executive summary, and other support documents. (more…)
October 1, 2009
December 1, 2009
Article in “Teaching Children Mathematics”
“Reasoning and Sense Making,” co-written by myself and Lisa Kasmer, appears in the December issue of Teaching Children Mathematics. The article describes the implications of the Focus in High School Mathematics document for the elementary grades. Please click here to see corrected figures 3 and 4.
October 19, 2009
“Focus in High School Mathematics” in Washington Post
Article here, including quotes from yours truly.
October 8, 2009
“Focus in High School Mathematics” in Education Week
Education Week, “American education’s newspaper of record,” has published an article on Focus in High School Mathematics, for which I was the lead author. Click here to see the article, which includes several quotes from me…
Recommended Math Course Spring 2010
A special “capstone” course for mathematics education majors will be offered in the spring–offered by Dr. Stuckwisch in Mathematics and Statistics and myself. It is appropriate for both upper-division undergraduate and graduate students. Click here for more information (PDF file).
October 1, 2009
Article in “Mathematics Teacher”
An article I wrote just appeared in the October 2009 issue of the Mathematics Teacher — “The NCTM High School Curriculum Project: Why It Matters to You” <- Link here
August 23, 2009
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