The math department at the high school where I teach is big into stations. If the concept is new to you, here’s the lowdown: On a station day, several learning centers are set up around the room and students circulate among them. Montgomery County schools in Maryland has published details. From what I’ve seen, stations [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Long the premise of every lesson on probability, coin tosses are taking a beating (thanks Boing! Boing! for the share). Some interesting research (Diaconis, Holmes, and Montgomery) uncovered these biases: If the coin is tossed and caught, it has about a 51% chance of landing on the same face it was launched. (If it starts out [...]
Since I last wrote here, I’ve moved to a large urban public school district in the metro-Atlanta area. My school, Clarkston High, has a very diverse population, including many refugees. While many details of my teaching day have changed, the biggest impact has been the Promethean board in my classroom. To be sure, classes that [...]
