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Six Shared Expectations for Math

11/21/2013

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By: Jeff Heyck-Williams

At Two Rivers we have made a conscious effort to change the way that everyone thinks about, talks about, and engages in math.  We have shifted the expectations to place the emphasis away from just memorizing math facts to also understanding the math.  We have shifted from pushing students to memorize lots of algorithms so that they can solve specific kinds of problems on tests to applying the math concepts they understand to solve any complex math problem.  We have shifted from a school where it was OK to say, “I’m not really a math person” to a place where everyone celebrates working hard to solve a math problem.

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Five Things Families Can Do To Support Their Children in Math

11/1/2011

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By: Jeff Heyck-Williams

Math can be one of the most challenging areas of school for children, and many parents don’t have an idea about where to begin to help their kids be successful within the discipline. A lot of websites, video games, and materials are produced that are designed to help kids develop procedural fluency with computation, but they sap the pleasure out of a subject that can be as fun as it is difficult. Helping our children be successful in math we need to recognize the full breadth and depth of mathematics learning. This means we need to take into account what kids understand about all of the domains of math, how they problem solve, their attitudes towards the subject, and of course their ability to calculate accurately as well. So what could this look like for a parent working and playing with their child at home. Here are five things that I share with parents that can have a huge positive impact on their child’s mathematical life.

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Practical Tools, Habits of Mind, and A More Satisfying Life: Three Reasons to Learn and Do Math

3/22/2011

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By: Jeff Heyck-Williams

This year I have a wonderful opportunity.  I get to teach math.  Specifically, I teach middle school students in an algebra class and elementary and middle school teachers during professional development in an effort to build their mathematical capacity.  I honestly love my job.  

While these adolescents and adults are fairly different in their temperaments and instructional needs, they both have challenged me with the essential question: Why do we need to learn this stuff?

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