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What is the purpose of math class?
Would you agree with me that many, if not most of us, were in classrooms as students where the purpose of math class was to get answers. We were taught the most straightforward, non-confusing, easy, step-by-step way...
Strategies vs. Models
When I travel around the country and visit teachers in classrooms, one of the things I notice is that the word strategy and model are sometimes used interchangeably.
What is the difference between a strategy and a...
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 teach...
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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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