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Developing Mathematical Reasoning Part 4
Throughout this series we have discussed each of the stages of the Development of Mathematical Reasoning. In order to identify where students are in their development and to nudge them to more...
Why Doesn't Everyone Teach Real Mathematics?
Have you taken THE QUIZ?
We can only change what we know.
In the quiz post, I make the case that our perceptions of what mathematics is and what it means to teach mathematics influence the way that...
The Development of Mathematical Reasoning Part 3
Answer Getting vs. Brain Building
Since I posted the graphic and blogs about the Development of Mathematical Reasoning, I have gotten questions.
One of those questions is: But Pam, why isn’t it okay to...
The Development of Mathematical Reasoning
Check out this exchange I recently had on Twitter. I was discussing frustrations of middle school teachers:
Have you ever felt like this Tweet, that you don’t have the time to teach your content and all of...
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Pam Harris
Math Educator
Pam Harris is a mom, a former high school math teacher, a university lecturer, an author, and she wants to change the way we view and teach mathematics. While Pam was teaching high school math, her four children grew and mathematized their world in a way she had never imagined. “I had always bought into the myth that math is a disconnected set of facts to memorize, with rules and procedures to mimic. I now call that fake math.” Pam’s own kids, research, and experiences teaching real math have shown her what it means to mathematize and to support learners in their own journeys. Real math is thinking mathematically, not just mimicking what a teacher does on the board. You can shift your brain from using rote memory to mathematizing. Pam helps teachers make this shift for themselves, and helps teachers teach in a way that supports students to learn real math.
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