Susan Wilson

COMPARING TWO CLASSIC PUZZLES: Lines are draw to always create the maximal count of pieces. Which of these sequences "wins" in the long run? Which consistently gives the bigger values the soonest?

CLASSIC: The famous "Dots on a Circle Puzzle" gives the sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 31, 57, 99, 163, ... given by the sum of the first five entries of each row of the arithmetic triangle. Why this connection?

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Comparing 2-digit multiplication with expanding binomials. What's the same and what's different? mathsbot.com/cpd

First Day of School Area Division Puzzles mathequalslove.net/first-day-of-s… #mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom

🦬 For the first time in 20 years, more people are moving to Manitoba than leaving. That’s not just a stat, it’s a sign. This is Manitoba. And there’s a place for you here. 🌾

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NEW: Sask. to extend life of all coal-fired power plants despite federal clean electricity regulations. One expert compares the decision to Blockbuster building new VHS-rental stores in the era of streaming services; a waste of money. cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

Is this actually true? Ladies, If you're a left voting person, would you date a Conservative man?

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A logic puzzle that uses inequality symbols? Futoshiki puzzles for the win! mathequalslove.net/4x4-futoshiki-… #mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom

@PremierScottMoe has 49% approval in Saskatchewan compared to 68% for @WabKinew in Manitoba

As a math teacher, it feels like half of my job is building mathematical confidence. Here are some ways I do that:

Teachers produce learning, and when we don’t see learning, we don’t blame the student, we change the instruction.

Just realized that the text of my second inaugural lecture (at the Institute of Education, 2007)—Assessment for Learning: Why, what and how—is no longer being sold by UCL Press, so the copyright reverts to me, and I can make it open access, so here it is: bit.ly/AfLWWH.

I'll tell you who believes in climate change...insurance companies...

I'm cranking them out today. Another NEW Post: Finding the Mean fawnnguyen.substack.com/p/finding-the-… High-quality curriculum matters! @Amplify

King Charles and I spoke about the wildfires in Manitoba, about building the economy, and how focusing on the climate might help us make investments that connect those issues. Before he left he said we need Indigenous wisdom. 🇨🇦

In the short to medium term , we urgently need to confront algorithmically driven disinformation . In the medium to longer term we have to recreate an economics of shared prosperity and hope . Economic despair , magnified through the prism of disinformation is the fuel of anger