The Nebraska Summit on Math and Science Education brought together over 450 attendees from across the state of Nebraska to the Nebraska Innovation Campus on Dec. 8. Slides are now available online. Continue reading…
Spring registration is now open. The UNL spring semester begins January 12. If you are interested in taking a course, we recommend registering for only one class per term. To help us with our planning, please register by January 5. Continue reading…
Feast your eyes upon these 26 adorable babies born in 2014 to our NebraskaMATH teachers. If your baby is not featured here, please send us a photo via email, and we will happily add it to the collage. Happy holidays, everyone! Have a great break. Continue reading…
There comes a point when we have to acknowledge that one-size-fits-all professional development isn’t cutting it. There’s another resource right at teachers’ fingertips. It’s open 24-7, connects all educators, and covers countless topics across grade levels and subject areas. It's Twitter. Continue reading…
Problem solving is one of today’s top skills—students who apply problem-solving strategies in the classroom are building important talents for college and the workforce. The math classroom is one of the best places to help students build these skills. Continue reading…
I confess. I peeled the stickers off my Rubik's cube when I was a child. Needless to say, I never successfully matched all six faces of a Rubik’s cube in my life ... until one memorable day when I attended the Creativity and Education Innovation Fair at the 92Y in New York City. Continue reading…
Fourteen Educators 4 Excellence teachers came together to make recommendations from the classroom on ways to improve standardized testing. They studied areas where assessment should be improved, as well as where it is working and should be sustained. Based on relevant research and their experiences. Continue reading…
Adoption of curriculum materials is one of the most important decisions a teacher, school, or district can make. While state standards describe what students are expected to learn and be able to do, what is taught in classrooms is influenced by textbooks and other instructional materials. Continue reading…
There are times when we all have to share negative feedback. But HOW you share that feedback makes all the difference. If we're not careful, our negative feedback can quickly turn into criticism and instead of helping someone improve, we simply shut them down. Continue reading…
Some ideas and blog posts about common core, curriculum, and professional development.
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Physicist Werner Heisenberg said, "When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: why relativity? And why turbulence? I really believe he will have an answer for the first." As difficult as turbulence is to understand mathematically, we can use art to depict the way it looks. Continue reading…