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I hope there’s lots of interest in the lessons that I’ve learned from my years of having students journal. Here are some resources that you could use if you are interested in trying journals in your math classes. Handout for NCTM Session Handout Schettino NCTM 2018 Blogposts about Journaling: journals-paper-vs-digital-the-pros-and-cons/ what-i-get-out-of-student-writing/ revisiting-journals-getting-kids-to-look-back/ does-journaling-in-pbl-promote-resilience/ using-journal-writing-in-pbl/ Page: metacognitive-journaling/ […]
One issue that seems to arise after teachers have been teaching with PBL for some time is the question of how students can remain active learners while listening, taking notes, comparing solutions, being engaged in discussion, etc. All student-centered mathematics classrooms now have this issue don’t they? Can a student learn well when they are […]
I’ve heard from a few people who are interested in my online journal course – so sorry that I took it down. What was happening is I wasn’t getting enough income to support the course on the platform that I had created it on. So right now I am working on an alternative approach. Hang […]
I have been doing a lot more work with teachers this year as I am not in the classroom. I love watching people teach and talking to them about their teaching. It is clearly a passion for so many people and the modeling of lifelong learning has been so inspirational for me and their students. […]
One of the things that I have been thinking about for a very long time is the idea of those who oppose PBL. Namely those who prescribe to behaviorist and cognitive scientist theories of learning, which I know a great deal about because of my doctoral work. So many teachers, parents and others have asked […]
So I’m here down in Florida – loving it (all sing-songy like Oprah would say). I’ve been to so many talks that have been great learning experiences so far. The weather is beautiful – I went for a very long walk and tried to think about what my talk was missing. I did a bunch […]
I just wanted to respond to a really great question that someone asked on Twitter the other day. This is a common concern of teachers starting out with the idea of PBL. What does “Class Discussion” mean, first of all? I would agree that discussion does “eat up valuable” time in class on a daily […]
This past July, I spent a few days at the MAA Mathfest in Chicago for the first time. The main reason I went was because the Academy of Inquiry-Based Learning was having a Conference within the Mathfest with the theme of “Diversity in IBL.” IBL is generally what college faculty call the type of teaching […]