This is the eighth piece in a series called “Out on Good Behavior: Teaching Math While Looking Over Your Shoulder” by Barry Garelick.
A Gnarly Problem, Critical Thinking, and Authentic Struggle
This is the seventh piece in a series called “Out on Good Behavior: Teaching Math While Looking Over Your Shoulder” by Barry Garelick.
The Prospect of a Horrible PD, a Horrible Meeting, and an Unlikely Collaboration
This is the sixth piece in a series called “Out on Good Behavior: Teaching Math While Looking Over Your Shoulder” by Barry Garelick
The Rituals of School, an Unusual Communion, and the Vast Wasteland of Math 8
This is the fifth piece in a series called “Out on Good Behavior: Teaching Math While Looking Over Your Shoulder” by Barry Garelick
The Parole Officer’s Check List, the Dialectic of Competition, and Gnarly Problems
This is the fourth piece in a series called “Out on Good Behavior: Teaching Math While Looking Over Your Shoulder” by Barry Garelick
Understanding, and Outliers in a Sea of Outliers
This is the third piece in a series called “Out on Good Behavior: Teaching Math While Looking Over Your Shoulder” by Barry Garelick.
An espresso-based job interview, a 1962 algebra book, and procedures vs understanding
Barry Garelick: I hoped I would be allowed autonomy in my new teaching job, but for the most part, I was glad they brought me in out of the rain.
Various Narratives, Growth Mindsets and an Intro to One of my Parole Officers
Barry Garelick shares this anecdote from his teaching career to provide “deep understanding” of any narratives you wish to supply.
Drilling “Rote Understanding”
Barry Garelick: To overturn students’ “doing without knowing” reformers have created students for whom “understanding” foundational math is not even “doing” math.
Standards for Mathematical Practice (Part III)
This is Part Three of a three part article [Part One, Part Two] which provides the description of each of the Standards for Mathematical Practice as written in the Common Core math standards. It discusses aspects of each SMP that can be interpreted along conventional or traditional approaches to math teaching and contrasts this with […]