Pinterest, Gender, and Platform Selection
Last week, I had the pleasure of guest teaching in a digital humanities graduate course in the French department. The course is …
The Role of Writing in the Teaching of Mathematics (Part 1)
Last week while visiting Elon University, I had the opportunity to participate in a number of interesting conversations about the role of …
Bill the Jazz-Playing Accountant: A Classroom Experiment in #Math216
The other day, I described a couple of prediction questions I used in my stats course to create “times for telling” in …
Prediction Questions, Simulations, and Times for Telling in #Math216
Last Friday was the first day of a unit on probability in my statistics course. In order to motivate this unit, the …
Reading Quizzes, Clicker Questions, and Lurking Variables in #Math216
Here’s another clicker question from the statistics course I’m teaching this spring: Suppose an observational study indicates a positive association between the …
Clickers, Peer Instruction, and Classwide Discussion in #Math216
Recently, I blogged about my spring semester statistics course. Although the social bookmarking and pre-class reading assignments in the course are occupying …
In-Class Ecological Footprint Data Visualization Challenge
Yesterday’s Math 216 activity brought together several of my favorite teaching ideas: challenge cycles, visual thinking, and mobile learning. We’re starting our …
When Statistics Is Like a Wedding
Today was the first day of spring classes here, and I’m back in the classroom after 12 months of doing other things. …
Experiments in Class Participation – An Update on My Cryptography Course
Back in early August here on the blog, I described a few “experiments” in more public class participation I planned to implement …
Teaching Mathematics with Classroom Response Systems
Earlier this week, I gave a virtual presentation at the Muskegon Community College Math and Technology Workshop organized by Maria Andersen. The …