Benjamin Keep, PhD, JD | What an earthquake taught me about teaching. @benjaminkeep | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 38 minutes ago.
What does government advice about what to do in an earthquake have to do with teaching? Well, the standard earthquake lesson has the same problem that many grade school lessons have.
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The source for over half of the world lives in urban settings" is here: ourworldindata.org/urbanization
On the five-paragraph essay, I was inspired a while back by this piece: Labaree, D. (2018). The Five Paragraph Fetish. aeon.co/essays/writing-essays-by-formula-teaches-students-how-to-not-think
On what I mean by mathematical modeling, see:
m3challenge.siam.org/sites/default/files/uploads/siam-guidebook-final-press.pdf
On the rise of mathematical modeling in math curricula internationally, see:
Arseven, A. (2015). Mathematical Modelling Approach in Mathematics Education. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 3(12), 973-980. files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1083314.pdf
For math teaching approaches that I think are generally pretty good, see:
us.johncattbookshop.com/collections/frontpage/products/teaching-math-with-examples
Beast Academy (have not actually used, but plan to with my son when he gets older)
youcubed.org
What does government advice about what to do in an earthquake have to do with teaching? Well, the standard earthquake lesson has the same problem that many grade school lessons have.
Sign up to my email newsletter, Avoiding Folly, here: benjaminkeep.com
The source for over half of the world lives in urban settings" is here: ourworldindata.org/urbanization
On the five-paragraph essay, I was inspired a while back by this piece: Labaree, D. (2018). The Five Paragraph Fetish. aeon.co/essays/writing-essays-by-formula-teaches-students-how-to-not-think
On what I mean by mathematical modeling, see:
m3challenge.siam.org/sites/default/files/uploads/siam-guidebook-final-press.pdf
On the rise of mathematical modeling in math curricula internationally, see:
Arseven, A. (2015). Mathematical Modelling Approach in Mathematics Education. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 3(12), 973-980. files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1083314.pdf
For math teaching approaches that I think are generally pretty good, see:
us.johncattbookshop.com/collections/frontpage/products/teaching-math-with-examples
Beast Academy (have not actually used, but plan to with my son when he gets older)
youcubed.org
