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Check out my latest article: Building Foundations: The Significance of Data Talks in Elementary Education linkedin.com/pulse/building… via @LinkedIn

Saturn rising behind the Moon captured in amazing video. twitter.com/i/status/17012…

Sometimes there are obvious things in education, but it always helps when someone new comes along and quantifies the instructional practice. definedlearning.com/blog/project-b… @NFarrell407 @kdudley03 @physixdude @mhsbiotchr @ESA_warriors @MrGloverACPS @mpcraddock

Lots of students are home right now -- I would like to see someone top this! @coffmancathy63 @jaypthomas @k12albemarle @AlbemarleHigh

@pammoran @NFarrell407 @coffmancathy63 I do wonder about the methodology of the study, in almost every instance-reviewing the assessment data comes after a unit + I have moved on to the next topic. A good teacher would make note and adjust instruction for the following year -- the study would not have captured that?

@AHS_MESA @NFarrell407 @coffmancathy63 Yep - it’s the lack of any change as a result of student data analysis that leads to the findings — and evidently no change in practice is the typical response to data analysis :) ..

However, if you analyze the assessment w/ the students, it will/can impact your teaching, clears up misconceptions, helps the teacher focus on language + it helps the student understand the question(s) and how better to prepare -- WIN/WIN @pammoran @NFarrell407 @coffmancathy63

@kdudley03 I've got to think this is an activity for WES. @MunseyClass

Are preschoolers' math abilities underestimated? uh -- yes -- next question hechingerreport.org/preschoolers-c… @NFarrell407 @coffmancathy63

While this seems obvious -- it is nice to see it quantified air.org/news/press-rel… @dcmcollins @jaypthomas @MaureenMJensen @mpcraddock @Amy_Wright_WAHS

sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/… So this begs the question of where and when does bias come into play and how do we make sure it doesn't impact our instruction? @coffmancathy63 @NFarrell407 @pammoran @dintersmith

Doing a little spiral review of addition and multiplication. How are they the same and different? @enlighten_elem @UVaCurry @MeriwetherLES #practicum

“I don’t want them sitting quietly,” he said. “If I can’t hear them talking, I don’t know what they are thinking - I have to wait until the test to know if they got it. If they’re talking, then I get to know that they are getting it or they are not getting it.”

More of this! With the US aging infrastructure (bridges, roads, buildings) and our ever-increasing shift to technology -- not only do we need more engineers, more importantly we need more skilled tradespeople. Shortages are here and getting worse.

A newer term is lawnmower parents who go to great lengths to prevent their child from having to face adversity, struggle, or fail. As educators we need to make sure our students have a safe and encouraging environment to engage in productive struggle. edsurge.com/news/2019-10-2…

Leveraging Minecraft to digitally write about layers of the earth. ⁦@acpslearntech⁩ ⁦@BrownsvilleES⁩ ⁦@CrickBES5th⁩

A quick shout out to my colleague + friend Bill Daly who was just recognized by the state of Virginia as the math teacher of the year for 2017 (yes it is a long process) paemst.org/finalist_profi… @NFarrell407 @coffmancathy63 @jaypthomas @dcmcollins @darahbonham

So much math in every sport - from data analytics advancedfootballanalytics.com/index.php/home… to Bill James/Billy Beane (Money Ball) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball to the mechanics, to the physics, the conditioning + even taking advantage of the other teams tendencies. Real life Math!! @coffmancathy63

This is why more schools (University of Chicago is one) are dropping mandatory tests scores from the college admissions process. At the end of the day, a four year record is more representative of a student than any single metric or test that can be gamed.

student learning that happens outside the classroom is inherently interdisciplinary and engages students at a higher and deeper level around content. @KateKogge

@pammoran @dintersmith @tmanglicmot Think about rationalizing the denominator -- we still teach this skill because when we used slide rules for calculations it was helpful. Agree with the frustration around continuing to drill algorithms and process skills versus developing deeper critical thinking. @tvanderark

@dintersmith @AHS_MESA @tmanglicmot this - what makes algebra bring any meaning to a learner’s life in the way it use expected to be taught, learned and assessed?