So, I take a semester off and everything goes off the rails??? I was on bank leave in Spring 2020, and it pained me to watch what you all had to go through as you shifted to remote instruction. That goes for faculty and students. I love a challenge and wish I had been there in the trenches with you.This semester I am back, teaching 3 sections of Statistics with Support. All are being taught asynchronously. I am fortunate to…
In this post Michael Sullivan and I will share some resources that are built into our MyLab Interactive Statistics courses, as well as some other resources that we have used in our classrooms. Our goal is to provide you with options to make your transition to remote teaching easier. We are happy to help – you can reach out to us by leaving a comment on the blog, contacting me on Twitter @georgewoodbury), or by email (Michael Sullivan, George Woodbury)….
Teaching Intro Stats remotely can be challenging for both instructors and students, especially when you have to switch to remote instruction in the middle of the term with little to no advance warning. Michael Sullivan and I have a suggested solution that will help you and your students thrive in this challenging environment. Pearson is now offering free student access codes to MyLab for the remainder of the term for our online interactive textbook – Interactive Statistics (2e). (Contact your…
Last year I spoke at over a dozen conferences, and at most of them I got to talk about incorporating growth mindsets in math. The rough outline was Definition of the fixed mindset and the growth mindset Differences between the two mindsets in various scenarios Strategies for making students aware of the growth mindset and how it can help math students, including specific activities Messages that we send students Summary of the benefits of the growth mindset The topic was…
It’s the first day of the year, and I have been reflecting back on 2018. Last year I set a reading challenge of 52 books for myself on Goodreads, and I made it. Many of the books I read were about education or mathematics. Here is a list of my 5 favorites, in no particular order. I will be posting my own reviews over the next few weeks. Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course…
If you missed my AMATYC session on Incorporating Mathematical Mindsets, here is a recording of a Pearson Webinar that I did back in October. Mindsets Webinar (Recorded) I will include the link shortly on my Mindsets web page too (Mindsets Web Page) . You can also find links to relevant books, videos, a mindset assessment, and PowerPoint files there.
I posted some advice for new statistics instructors, especially those of us in California after AB705. You can Check it out on my Statblog .
Full implementation of AB705 begins in Fall 2019 in California. At my school (College of the Sequoias) developmental math courses like prealgebra and elementary/intermediate algebra will no longer be offered. Students will begin in a transfer-level class: intro statistics, college algebra, or math for teachers. Some, depending on their high school GPA, will also take a 1 or 2 unit corequisite support class. The support class is supposed to cover prerequisite topics on a “just in time” basis. What I…
My short-term elementary algebra class is drawing to a close. For the midterm I tried a new exam strategy that I really liked. I teach a 2-hour block that meets 4 days a week. On a Tuesday students spent the first hour working on problems from Chapters 1 and 2, and we went over the solutions during the second hour. On the next day we repeated the pattern for Chapters 3 & 4. On the Thursday students were given instant…
With the implementation of AB705 coming in Fall 2019, I am currently teaching elementary algebra for the last time. I am using a flipped classroom approach, and I am really proud of how hard my students are working. (I’ll blog more about that in the near future.) This is a short-term class, and the plan was to teach new material for three weeks, then devote the fourth week to the midterm exam. I was going to review on Tuesday and…