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OpenCurriculum Blog: Inside scoop on curriculum, teaching and product improvements
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For Schools and Districts. Inside scoop on curriculum, teaching and product improvements. FEBRUARY 16, 2016. We want to change the way you plan. Planning good lessons is extremely difficult - hats off to you! We are about to change that, for good! JANUARY 15, 2016. Curriculum publishing and conversion with ePub 3.0 Workshops in New Delhi. One group taking part in a publishing process activity. OCTOBER 30, 2015. 5 priorities for OER in K-12 Education. Yesterday, the US Department of Education launched the...
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Nathan Kraft's Blog: What the hell is mean absolute deviation?
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Sunday, April 19, 2015. What the hell is mean absolute deviation? When I first started looking at the Common Core standards for sixth grade a couple of years ago, admittedly, there was one standard I had to do a double-take on:. 6SPB5C: Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (interquartile range and/or mean absolute deviation. And, like many of my colleagues, I thought, "What the hell is mean absolute deviation? What does mean absolute deviation tell you? Activity I d...
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Nathan Kraft's Blog: I'm Crushing Your Head
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Sunday, September 28, 2014. I'm Crushing Your Head. Yesterday, I e-mailed my favorite estimation guru, Andrew Stadel, a question about estimating and collecting data. He said I should share my insights with the rest of the world. So, for the dozens of you who read my blog, enjoy! The other day, I wanted to start easing my sixth graders into estimation (before diving into Andrew's estimation180.com. So I put this up as a warm-up:. I told them that we could try another one the next day. And I thought, this...
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Nathan Kraft's Blog: March 2014
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Saturday, March 1, 2014. This is my first year teaching sixth grade math, and one topic that students have to understand is how to construct circle graphs. This is a part of the old Pennsylvania math standards which are currently being phased out because of the Common Core. (Note: Circle graphs are not mentioned in the Common Core standards (prove me wrong), though finding angles and percents are.). Me: Ok, can someone pick a sector and tell me what percent it represents? Ray: The green one is 50%. Me: A...
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Nathan Kraft's Blog: August 2015
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Thursday, August 20, 2015. Many people measure their success by comparing themselves to others. If they are at the top of that food chain, they will feel a sense of superiority and will likely continue to do well with as much effort to preserve that. If they are at the middle or the bottom, they will likely withdraw over time as they’ll never be able to surpass those at the top. Monday, August 3, 2015. Spaced Practice and Repercussions for Teaching. Note: This is probably not an original idea and I'm sur...
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Nathan Kraft's Blog: April 2015
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Sunday, April 19, 2015. What the hell is mean absolute deviation? When I first started looking at the Common Core standards for sixth grade a couple of years ago, admittedly, there was one standard I had to do a double-take on:. 6SPB5C: Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (interquartile range and/or mean absolute deviation. And, like many of my colleagues, I thought, "What the hell is mean absolute deviation? What does mean absolute deviation tell you? Activity I d...
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Nathan Kraft's Blog: September 2014
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Sunday, September 28, 2014. I'm Crushing Your Head. Yesterday, I e-mailed my favorite estimation guru, Andrew Stadel, a question about estimating and collecting data. He said I should share my insights with the rest of the world. So, for the dozens of you who read my blog, enjoy! The other day, I wanted to start easing my sixth graders into estimation (before diving into Andrew's estimation180.com. So I put this up as a warm-up:. I told them that we could try another one the next day. And I thought, this...
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Sources of Resources | WNCP Orchestrated Experiences for High School Math
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WNCP Orchestrated Experiences for High School Math. Activating Students in High School Math. Math 10-3 Curricular Outcomes. 10-3 Unit Price and Currency Exchange. Math 10-3 Earning an Income. Math 10-3 Angles and Parallel Lines. Math 10-3 Similarity of Figures. Math 20-3 Curricular Outcomes. Math 20-3 Slope and Rate of Change. Math 20-3 Graphical Representations. Math 20-3 Surface Area, Volume, and Capacity. Math 20-3 Scale Representations. Math 20-3 Financial Services. Math 30-3 Curricular Outcomes.
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Nathan Kraft's Blog: I Shall Never Play a Review Game Again!
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013. I Shall Never Play a Review Game Again! Update 8/3/15: I've decided that you probably shouldn't use this game in class and I blogged about that here. I could just delete this post, but I figure there's always the chance that someone will think of a way to improve it. This is the second part of my ramblings about exponents. You should probably go read the first part. Before you read this! I don't think there was ever a moment in my life where I said, "Hey! I remembered reading a p...
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Nathan Kraft's Blog: August 2014
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Sunday, August 31, 2014. When am I ever going to use this? As a teacher, I hate this question. For years, I would stumble with the answer, especially when I taught Algebra 1. As a former engineer, I could typically think of ways that I used math, but how does a lawyer, a nurse, or an animal shelter worker use algebra? I have no clue. And like an idiot, I would always try to construct some kind of answer that would never be satisfying to the student. Where he talks about this. In this video, he goes o...
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