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Seventh Graders are enticed by the “Lure of the Labrynth”

Since I’ve finished my yearly math curriculum with two weeks to spare I’ve decided to enter my students in a gamed based video game mystery called “The Lure of the Labrynth”. It was developed by some researchers at MIT who … Continue reading

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Seventh Graders Solve Linear Functions

Our third unit of study is coming to an end. The title: “Graphs, Sequences and Functions” looks at the relationship between two variables and gives students the opportunity to substitute values in of their choice to graph a linear function, … Continue reading

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The Spaghetti Tower Challenge

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Metacognitive Coaching

I went to a teaching conference a few years and got turned on to a concept called “Metacognitive Coaching”. I thought it was pretty presumptuous to think one can teach students to reflect on their actual thinking, but I decided … Continue reading

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