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Quotes: Pedagogical Practice
Early EPS – Involving 8th in building culture Having a discussion that was structured and everyone was involved was definitely the most fun. Student Experience Survey, Evolution of Society 2016-17 people seem to be engaged in work and are actively calling JB in for help. He moves around classroom easily- people seem comfortable asking questions.…
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Calculus Journey [2020-21 Fall Remote]
The first few days of Calculus (covering the fall for the pleasure of Oscar Fassino) laid out what was in store for the year of Calculus. As a student, I remember calculus being as large a cognitive leap as algebra was and I wanted to encourage students to lean into that potential discomfort in addition…
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Daily Agenda Examples
2022-23 Data Science 1 [collaboration with Ted Scott] 2021-22 Calculus [note: Remote Class] [Collaboration with Adrienne Berhmann, John Kaminsky, Jeff Sanderson]
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Data Science Course Progression
This onenote page was built to help students understand the structure of the whole course and how it was setting them up for success in their final projects. [The final project] was a cumulation of everything we learned up to that point, and in addition to being able to learn all sorts of new things…
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Application to Eastside Prep
Cover letter, example syllabus, a challenging assignment and teaching philosophy.
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Early Teaching Philosophy [2004-05]
In my final year at Bentley, I was invited to give the convocation speech and the class charge at graduation. Below are the two speeches as written (I went a bit off book in the actual delivery). Interestingly, these speeches went through administrative review and were deemed absolutely appropriate. Reading them nearly 20 years later,…
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Straw Stretch Lab
This lab was a response to students relying on teacher expertise too much. I was confident that the students had enough background to figure out the assignment and since it was hands-on, they had feedback from the instrument that they were building. Interestingly, this also produced novel designs for the instrument from pan-pipes (the intended)…
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Early EPS
Involving students in making the classroom a better place. This was 2005-06 Scientific Thinking 3. This proposal was generated through a class discussion and this document was the follow-up. I have always found success in being upfront with students surrounding the learning environment that is the most enjoyable. When it is off the rails, it…
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Science for Lil Bentley
A mini-class where students developed science lessons (with demonstrations) for elementary school students. This is a pdf of a webpage from 2003. The page was built for students to be able to share their experience with parents and friends.
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Honors Precalc – Buying a Car
Car buying unit (to teach exponential growth and other financing systems). Students researched cars, learned the math involved in financing and leasing in addition to practicing negotiation skills. Ali el-Gasseir was our theatre teacher and came in to play car dealer for the students. One parent took their student’s project back to the Toyota dealership…
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Syllabi
Note core beliefs around respect for fellow classmates and personal responsibility in addition to encouragement to ask questions. Textured repeating backgrounds were all the rage in web pages in 2001. Over the years, the syllabi evolved. Here is a 2004-05 one for AP Physics. And the emphasis on collaboration 2014-15 Math Beyond the Numbers Math…
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First Assignment
This is the first assignment I ever created. Intended to get to know the students quickly and figure out their relationship with math as a subject. My course plan was somewhat altered by what was about to happen on the September 11th the following Tuesday.