Hey #MathEducation people,
I remember some time ago reading how optimal outcomes for understanding and conceptual learning in mathematics happened when the students were in control of the pacing of the learning, but the teacher still chose and sequenced the content.

Now I need to find this research again because a bunch of parents are giving my fellow teacher grief for “Not finishing the textbook” in yr 7 mathematics!

Can anyone help me find this? (Boosts welcome)
#teaching #mathematics #MathsEducation

Letting the student learn.

You can't force it. No chance to be complete. But every chance to make use of the light that gets in through tge cracks.

A single brush stroke, not a treatise.

A single misconception corrected, one misconception at a time.

New #EcolClips on intraspecific competition in animals.
Lots of amazing footage of animals in action - especially from #Patagonia!

Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OoRnbFsX1w

I have been approach by an editor of #JOSS (https://fediscience.org/@joss@fosstodon.org) who told me about #JOSE (https://jose.theoj.org/ - for which I could not find a Mastodon handle).

The idea is to provide a low-hurdle academic reward to provide open access educational material -- with a particular computational emphasis.

Thing is, that you hardly get an academic “paper” if you develop teaching material. So, this might be appealing for some folk here.

This week, we spoke to Prof. Shimon Schocken about teaching computer science from NAND logic gates to arithmetic units, micro assembly, virtual machines, compilers, operating systems, and the Tetris games among other things.

Join us on the show here: https://embedded.fm/episodes/496.

Here's Prof. Schocken on the importance of hardwork in getting to the depth of concepts:

This week, we spoke to Prof. Shimon Schocken about teaching computer science from NAND logic gates to arithmetic units, micro assembly, virtual machines, compilers, operating systems, and the Tetris games among other things.

Join us on the show here: https://embedded.fm/episodes/496.

Here's an excerpt from the show:

Chris( @stoneymonster ) and Elecia( @logicalelegance ) are joined by Prof. Shimon Schocken to discuss teaching computer science from NAND logic gates to arithmetic units, compilers and operating systems.

The transcript for the show is available now at https://embedded.fm/transcripts/496.

Feel free to share your favorite quotes from the show!
#professor #teaching #author #software #hardware #engineering #embedded

One of my co-teachers said "more better" in a parent meeting and I almost had a fit. Glad this is over the phone!

That being said, I could deal without all of the sniffling happening in my ears. #teaching

Sad – though not surprised – to see what was anticipated almost a decade ago is now the norm in some places.

https://manifold.umn.edu/projects/the-uberfication-of-the-university

According to the University and College Union, nearly two-thirds of essential tutorial teaching at Oxford is carried out by academics employed on precarious short-term contracts or paid by the hour in a manner akin to Uber-style gig economy work.

“They compared our work to bedroom fitters, security guards and cleaners, and I kept thinking: ‘Yes, and all those people have no chance of fighting the gig economy, but we do.’”

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/08/ive-lost-my-work-and-been-ostracised-oxford-university-accused-of-failing-to-act-after-ruling-on-sham-contracts

#teaching #Indigenous #NorthCarolina #history

"DigitalNC is excited to introduce a new primary source teaching set on Native Americans in North Carolina. While Native Americans have long inhabited the land that now makes up North Carolina, this set focuses on the group’s history from 1900 to the present day."

https://www.digitalnc.org/blog/new-primary-source-set-on-native-americans-in-nc-1900-to-the-present/

I was a #teacher between 2002 and 2012. Part of the #ICT Curriculum was that digitising data that was previously stored on paper would increase #security of the data and protect #privacy. I explained to my students that this was part of the curriculum but also explained that the opposite was true and gave detailed examples from my own experience growing up in a #paper based world.

The Public Interest Test - free lesson plan for #journalism #trainers #teaching #journalists #news #values. Please adapt for your own purposes. #print, #television #radio #digital #online #social #media. https://mediahelpingmedia.org/lessons/lesson-journalism-and-the-public-interest/

Do any #chemistry teachers have an equilibrium constant lab that does _not_ use iron and thiocyanate? I've been looking and looking, but I cannot find any other examples of lab procedures.

day off, will blog!

here's a quick post about #teaching English and beginner #programming

https://bobbyhiltz.com/blog/2025/03/too-hard/

Prof. Shimon Schocken spoke with us about teaching computer science from NAND logic gates to arithmetic units, micro assembly, virtual machines, compilers, operating systems, and the Tetris games among other things.

Join us on the show here: https://embedded.fm/episodes/496

I've had one student come to me in a panic attack and another collapse in my arms sobbing because her cousin died by his own hand. This is the day after I led a school-wide workshop on Crisis Prevention and Intervention. Glad I tend to practice what I preach! #teaching

The Alliance for Decision Education runs a student forecasting tournament where students compete by predicting real world outcomes like box office numbers, TSA travel data, sports outcomes, and more. It's great fun, a great learning experience, and about as real-world as it gets! We had a group participating at school and I'm proud that we placed five students in the top ten nationwide! There's another tournament this spring, and it's open to anyone between 13-19.

https://alliancefordecisioneducation.org/blog/forecasting-the-future-2024-who-won-and-what-students-learned/

Hi, I am Stéphane!

I'm a researcher in epidemiology and a medical doctor. My research areas include #AirPollution health effect, epidemiology and hopefully more on climate change in the coming years.

Occasionally talking about #FOSS, #RStats, #BigData, #PublicHealth and #teaching

Working at the University of Copenhagen.

Cycling in my free time.

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