NMSSI website offers up-to-date course catalog
We are pleased to announce the complete schedule for the 2014 Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes (NMSSI) is now available on our website at the link below. Continue reading…
Making the most of parent-teacher conference night
Elementary teachers Angie Roby and Katie Keasling of Knickrehm Elementary School in Grand Island capitalize on the presence of parents on parent-teacher conference night to share about their new mathematics curriculum, Math Expressions. Continue reading…
Growth mindset and common core
For many years, intelligence was thought to be static (fixed) and could not be altered. Informal research has shown students believe this when it comes to thinking about their mathematics intelligence. But psychologists now have found aspects of intelligence can be altered. Continue reading…
Math awards given to Beckmann, Leitzel
At the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Baltimore in January, prestigious awards were given to two mathematicians with links to NebraskaMATH. Continue reading…
Resource: Essential Understanding Series
NCTM's "Developing Essential Understanding of Expressions, Equations, and Functions for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 6–8" is one of three books that focuses on algebra.
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The 2013 Condition of STEM report
This report reviews the 2013 graduating class in the context of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)-related fields to determine student interest levels in specific STEM fields and readiness in math and science. Continue reading…
Education Portal Lessons online
Education Portal has free video lessons as a study aid. Each video covers one key concept in 5-10 minutes, so students can focus their study time on the concepts they need to review most. Continue reading…
Math joke: Triangle fun
For more jokes and puzzles, visit the KenKen website. Continue reading…
'What I am learning as a teacher in Finland'
Tim Walker: "Just a few months ago, my family and I moved from Boston to Helsinki, Finland. I'm definitely experiencing classroom shock -- a shifting of my pedagogical mindset -- as I settle into my new job as a 5th grade teacher at a Finnish public school." Continue reading…
Ways to handle late work, from Mindsteps
Mindsteps started searching for root causes as to why some of a teacher's students weren't doing their homework each night. As we were working with Jill, we noticed something else. The process Jill was using to chase down students who hadn't turned in their homework was really quite clunky. Continue reading…
One teacher's method for identifying 'lonely' children
The blog Momastery discussed how one parent's interaction with a teacher revealed a method that teacher uses to identify lonely children before bullying can begin. Continue reading…
Originally published February 13, 2014 -
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