Among other things, I teach Grade 9 math. I love it. Some days are hard. Some days are joyful. I want all days to be about trying to see math as a wonderful, connected, creative endeavour. I don’t always get it right. I believe that our classroom learning time should begin with play. I believeContinue reading “The (dis)comfort of the status quo.”
Monthly Archives: April 2023
Curating student learning in real time
One of the things I’m really passionate about is reframing assessment away from something we do to student, to be something, a conversation really, that we do WITH students. The biggest change that I have made with respect to this is that I try to gather as much assessment data as I can in realContinue reading “Curating student learning in real time”
Missing the point.
We spend a lot of time talking about how to teach math. But I think we’re missing the point. Or at least, I think we’re missing the bigger picture. What math are we teaching? This idea, this question, sort of leaves me speechless. What math are we teaching? What math am I teaching? And doesContinue reading “Missing the point.”
What is an inquiry mathematics classroom anyway?
This is what’s on my mind these days. All the time. I don’t just teach math, I teach other subjects too, but my math classroom holds a special place in my heart as an educator. (Hence the name of this blog). Right now, I’m knee deep in exploring the intersection between inquiry classrooms and mathematicsContinue reading “What is an inquiry mathematics classroom anyway?”
The Learning Lab 