Texas school uses archery to teach math concepts Some educators at a Texas elementary school are using archery lessons to teach third- through fifth-graders about math concepts such as area and perimeter. One hundred students showed up for the first archery club meeting. "It definitely helps in school because it uses the math part of the brain," fifth-grader Amy Miseli said. Killeen Daily Herald (Texas) (11/30) How to teach a love of math to all students Students can learn to love math when they are encouraged to persevere and not be afraid to make mistakes, educator Elizabeth Cleland writes in this column. She suggests that students should be praised for sticking with a problem, even if they don't get it right the first time. "Like a novice chess player, a math student will learn just as much if not more from her failures as from her successes," Cleland writes. Quartz/Secret Formula (11/30) Other News  | Learn How To Become A Better Common Core Math Teacher Utah State University launched the Elementary Mathematics Teachers Academy to help educators better teach common core math standards. Delivered 100 percent online, the Academy allows educators to customize their professional development experience by choosing from 100 grade-specific K-6 modules, as well as, the day they begin and end the course. Learn More | | Math curriculum uses video-game design to teach algebra Students at some schools in Boston are using Bootstrap, a math curriculum that uses computer coding and video-game design to teach algebra -- to learn how math applies in real-world settings. "I had students who were amazed that when they played Call of Duty that shooting the enemy required a programmer to use the Pythagorean theorem in the programming," middle-school teacher Peter Isham said. The Boston Globe (tiered subscription model) (12/2)  | Empower Greater Teacher Effectiveness
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 | Higher-order thinking rules under common core Curricula aligned with the Common Core State Standards has brought major changes to classrooms, including the shift from memorization to focus on critical and higher-order thinking. For example, fifth-grade students in a Delaware classroom were asked to write an e-mail from the perspective of a character in Judy Blume's "The Pain and the Great One." Teacher Amy Lawson encouraged students to explore their differences of opinion and use evidence in the book to support their arguments. FoxNews.com/The Associated Press (12/2)  |
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 | Ohio could cut weight of students' achievement in teachers' evaluations Student achievement would have less effect on teachers' evaluations under legislation being considered in Ohio. This school year, districts statewide were to begin annual teacher evaluations using a formula in which student achievement on standardized tests counts toward half of teachers' assessments. The proposed legislation drops the percentage to 35%, but allows individual districts to adopt a higher percentage. The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) (12/1) | NCTM's 4 Weeks of Giving The NCTM 4 Weeks of Giving have begun! This week, we are offering 30% off all NCTM publications and gear, using code HD13A. Make sure to check NCTM's website each Monday morning through the month of December to see what the special offer is for that week!
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