#INspirEDmath
July 2019, Volume 11
Welcome Back!
Last year we focused our newsletters each month around the Eight Effective Math Teaching Practices from NCTM. This year we will focus on the student experience, increasing rigor and relevance, and improving number sense from kindergarten to calculus!
Video: What would your students say about their experience with math?
Broken Calculators
How many ways can you reach the number 33, even when the calculator is broken?
A FREE COURSE FOR IMPROVING STUDENT PERCEPTION AND EXPERIENCE IN MATH FROM JO BOALER!
How to Learn Math is a FREE class for students! The course will feature Dr. Jo Boaler, the Nomellini-Olivier Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University and the faculty director of youcubed. She was recently named one of the eight educators “changing the face of education” by the BBC. There are six sessions, the first three are approximately ten minutes long and the last three approximately twenty minutes long. It combines important information on the brain and learning with new evidence on the best ways to approach and learn math effectively. Many people have had negative experiences with math, and end up disliking math or failing. This class will give learners of math the information they need to become powerful math learners, it will correct any misconceptions they have about what math is, and it will teach them about their own potential to succeed and the strategies needed to approach math effectively.
Main concepts to learn in this course:
- Knocking Down the Myths About Math
- Math and Mindset
- Mistakes and Speed
- Number Flexibility, Mathematical Reasoning, and Connections
- Number Patterns and Representations
- Math in Life, Nature and Work
Click here to begin in either English or Spanish!
Who To Follow On Twitter
@fawnpnguyen
@achievethecore
@Math_m_Addicts
Your IDOE Mathematics Team
Robin Conti
Email: rconti@doe.in.gov
Website: doe.in.gov
Location: Indiana Department of Education
Phone: (317)-233-6098
Twitter: @RobinLConti
Emily Bruning
Email: ebruning@doe.in.gov
Website: doe.in.gov
Location: Indiana Department of Education, West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone: (317)-232-9142
Twitter: @MrsBruning