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Book Reading: You're Not Listening
This blog post is about the book You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy, and in particular my reactions to it from a teacher's perspective.
Four levels of listening
Listening is one of the most important aspects – no, scratch that – the most important aspect of my work in the Maths Learning Centre.
Book Reading: Choice Words
This post is about my reaction to the book "Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning" by Peter H. Jonston.
TMC17 Diary
Well I did it. I went to Twitter Math Camp 2017 (TMC17) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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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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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Book Reading: 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematical Discussions
Writing about the teaching books I've read is fast becoming a series, because this is the third post in a row about a teaching book I've read. The book I finished earlier this week is "5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematical Discussions" by Margaret S. Smith and Mary Kay Stein and coming out of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in the USA.
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Book Reading: Math on the Move
Over the last week or so, I have been reading the book "Math on the Move" by Malke Rosenfeld (subtitled "Engaging Students in Whole Body Learning"). Ever since connecting with Malke on Twitter back in June or July, I've wanted to read her book, and I finally just bought it and read it. Now that I've finished, it's time to write about my thoughts.
