by Kayla Duncan | Sep 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
I love mathematics and helping students to believe in their abilities to learn and even enjoy mathematics. As I enter my fifth semester of my Ed.D in School Improvement from the University of West Georgia, it’s time to narrow my focus for my dissertation project....
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 15, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
We’ve written specifically about the discipline of mathematics several times — the two specific to concept-based are here and here. To me, it’s the discipline that requires the greatest shift in how it is traditionally taught. Many experts talk about...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 27, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
When we started designing concept-based curriculum, the folks in the humanities jumped on board pretty quickly. Our science teachers, especially earth science and biology, were game right away too. The procedure-heavy disciplines, though, were tougher. Many foreign...
by edtosavetheworld | Jun 5, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Ever since the Common Core State Standards were introduced, a barrage of parents, educators, and laymen have taken to social media to voice their discontent. Now, I’m not saying that the standards are a panacea for all that’s wrong with American education,...
by edtosavetheworld | May 14, 2015 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
Imagine the following classroom assignment: Explain the causes and impacts of the Great Influenza outbreak of 1918 Photo credit:http://www.jhsph.edu/sebin/f/l/bluedeath1.jpg If we want to save the world, we need to learn to prevent (or at least very effectively treat)...
