/2007/if-i-were-a-good-teacher/ less helpful Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:22:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 /2007/if-i-were-a-good-teacher/#comment-143 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:57:32 +0000 /?p=97#comment-143 I assume the question isn’t rhetorical. Sure. I’m suddenly self-conscious I may have come across as narrowmindedly focused on standards. My favorite class moments usually come in small increments, scattered throughout the day. The Math of Hangings took up only five min. and, as far as off-standards diversions go, was time well-spent.

]]> /2007/if-i-were-a-good-teacher/#comment-142 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:52:07 +0000 /?p=97#comment-142 Discussing the use of any rope in circumstances such as those, rather than the drawbacks of too long or too short one, may not have been quite mathematically engaging discussion, but are we supposed to teach mathematics solely or are there other topics in which we might engage in hopes of raising a responsible generation?

]]> /2007/if-i-were-a-good-teacher/#comment-125 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:36:06 +0000 /?p=97#comment-125 Yeah, yeah, unit conversion, that’s a good one. I feel like there’s a decent linear exploration in here too, though I’m not sure why the dy is 2, 3, and 4 inches, all at arbitrary times.

]]> /2007/if-i-were-a-good-teacher/#comment-123 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:13:20 +0000 /?p=97#comment-123 It’s probably not great if I quickly zoomed in on the height that I myself would have to drop…. (5 ft. 8 in.)? Drats. Not sure if I’ll use this one for my 6th grade class…. (maybe we could convert feet and inches into meters?).

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