my (@AmyRamponi) teaches AP Psychology at Kimberly High School, Kimberly WI
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GUEST POST: Rethinking Teacher Training -- How Mathematics and Education Departments Can Help
What can Mathematics and Education Departments do to help teachers be prepared to teach well as soon as they start working in the classroom? In my previous post, I suggested that teachers should be certified into one of three streams (Primary, Junior and ...
GUEST POST: Spacing in Teaching Practice
Like many teachers, I have become intrigued by the idea that simply by changing the gap between two or more learning activities such as explanations or revision, I can help my students do better - the so-called ‘spacing effect’. What wonderful thing is this ...
Just For Fun: A 9 Year Old on Quizzing
Today we bring you a fun, light-hearted post! We interviewed 3rd grader KTJ about her views on quizzing. For context, note that KTJ goes to a good public school in the Northeast United States, and has many relatives who either work in education ...
GUEST POST: Homework -- Is It Really That Useless?
First and foremost I feel compelled to mention that I am not a scientist, though I do like to say that I play one on TV (even though I actually don’t). So, I am writing this piece about homework from the standpoint of an overeager parent. I am a big fan of science ...
GUEST POST: Feedback -- We Still Don't Know What Works
Each summer since I began teaching has had its own idiosyncratic rhythms. A few summers ago, my routine went like this: after lunch I’d take the subway into the Bronx, get off at the library, download a bunch of articles about giving feedback, and try to ...