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Book Reading: Play - How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul
Looking back at my blog over the past few months, I've done a lot of these "book reading" posts. I really did mean to do some more on other ideas, but I felt I had to get these thoughts out of the way first. So here's another book reading post, this time about the book "Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul" by Stuart Brown (with Christopher Vaughan).
Book Reading: Making Number Talks Matter
Here is another post about a book I've read recently. This time, I'm writing about the book "Making Number Talks Matter" by Cathy Humphreys and Ruth Parker.
Book Reading: Becoming the Math(s) Teacher You Wish You'd Had
This post is about Tracy Zager's most excellent book, Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had.
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Money and me
In the online resources for Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had, Tracy Zager provides information about the benefits of writing a "math autobiography". I really have tried to do this, but I am having a lot of trouble organising my thoughs and memories. However, I reckon I can track some of my memories about one particular application of maths: money.
An opening gambit for the Numbers game
It was O'Week a couple of weeks ago, when new students arrive on campus to find out how uni works and the services they have access to. Our tradition for the last several years is to play Numbers and Letters on a big whiteboard out in public as a way to engage with students. This year I discovered a way to help people engage: write something on the board that is not a solution.
Finding an inverse function
There is a procedure that people use and teach students to use for finding the inverse of a function. My problem with it is that it doesn't make any sense, in two ways.
Book Reading: Which One Doesn't Belong - Teacher Guide
This is another post about a teaching book I've read recently. This one is about the Which One Doesn't Belong Teacher Guide by Christopher Danielson.
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