Building thinking classrooms

Two things have drastically changed my classroom this semester: 1) VNPS and 2) Spiraling my homework. There has been a lot of discussion in the past year about the research behind whiteboards and how to implement them in the classroom (a la Alex Overwijk). I hope this post can highlight some of the nitty-gritty "how can I do this?" to make your implementation go smoother. First, should you do this? Yes!!! You wouldn't believe what a change it will make. Some reasons to do it: 1) I teach on...

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Two things have drastically changed my classroom this semester: 1) VNPS and 2) Spiraling my homework. There has been a lot of discussion in the past year about the research behind whiteboards and how to implement them in the classroom (a la Alex Overwijk). I hope this post can highlight some of the nitty-gritty "how can I do this?" to make your implementation go smoother. First, should you do this? Yes!!! You wouldn't believe what a change it will make. Some reasons to do it: 1) I teach on...

Whiteboards have been used in classes for many years, whether it is the big whiteboard on the walls or mini white boards being used by students at their seats. Recently I was reading one of the mat…

Summary of Research from Peter Liljedahl on Building Thinking Classrooms.

Building Thinking Classrooms is taking the Math world by storm. These are great for Professional Development, Sending home to parents, and even coaching teachers. BTC is not just for the Math Classroom- this resource is NOT content specific and can be applied in any grade level! This resource also contains best practices in the "we do, I do, you do" model that aligns with BTC.

Hello friends. This post has resources from a MCTM Duluth Session on April 28th, 2017. On the Sunday prior to the conference, I contacted 5 of my favorite people not speaking at the conference and asked them to present a 9-minute burst on their 'favorite thing' of the past year. Without much time (4 days)

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I have been trying to shift my Math classes toward activity- / problem-based learning. We still have individual practice days, but as much as possible I want them solving new, complicated problems …

I have been trying to shift my Math classes toward activity- / problem-based learning. We still have individual practice days, but as much as possible I want them solving new, complicated problems …

First week back to school and I was chomping at the bit to begin working on my #1TMCthing. My quick backstory about Vertical-Non-Permanent-Surfaces (aka VNPS) I first found out about VNPS on Nathan…

Two things have drastically changed my classroom this semester: 1) VNPS and 2) Spiraling my homework. There has been a lot of discussion in the past year about the research behind whiteboards and how to implement them in the classroom (a la Alex Overwijk). I hope this post can highlight some of the nitty-gritty "how can I do this?" to make your implementation go smoother. First, should you do this? Yes!!! You wouldn't believe what a change it will make. Some reasons to do it: 1) I teach on...