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  • Fractions! Meaning Making for Comparing Fractions

    Fractions is one of the most challenging math topics. Many high school and college students struggle to some degree with fractions.  The Common Core of State Standards (CCSS), despite all the criticism, includes components to address the conceptual understanding of fractions. Below is a photo showing a 4th grade Common Core standard regarding fractions along…

  • In lieu of a school having to make technology available for vast numbers of kids it is possible to use personal technology. The apps identified here can be useful in a math course. Polls would allow personally relevant data collection and could lead to modeling opportunities (not on the runway, models like linear functions). Plinky…

  • Visual of Inclusion

    This image is making the rounds through various social media outlets. I think it is a wonderful representation of the various settings and situations encountered in special education. I will share my take on each of these. Full inclusion is the ultimate LRE (least restrictive environment) but is simply not the appropriate placement or LRE…