While reading
publications on ways of making education better I’m usually starting to think
about the authors ideas and sometimes I even want to make some commentary. It
is not because I am smarter then the authors, no way, it is just because the
process of thinking brings to me a physiological pleasure.
Here
you can find some of my commentaries written on English.
If
you have a commentary to my commentary, feel free to send my
an email.
My
open email address is mathhealth@beaplus.com
If
you don’t mind traveling at BU, we can schedule a talk (privet or within a
group of co-thinkers), I believe, it is the most efficient way to improve our
understanding of our teaching practice, hence, to improve our teaching practice.
Thank
you.
On $30 million investment done by
Bill& Melinda Gates Foundation to increase the number of Early College
High Schools
On “Children’s Use of the Reference
Point Strategy for Measurement Estimation” Journal for Research in
Mathematics Education (Volume 36, Number 1, January 2005; NCTM)
On “A
Primer on Work-Energy Relationships for Introductory Physics” of Carl E. Mungan, “The Physics
Teacher”, Vol. 43, January 2005.
Three lessons from neurology for Physics teachers
On
“Using Research to Improve Teaching” by Cathy L.
Seeley, NCTM News Bulletin, April 2005,
Volume 41, Issue 8
On the current discussion on
a teacher professional development
A letter on the usage of
demonstrations
On “A Simple
Explanation of the Microwave Carousel Problem” (Zachary H. Levine, “Microwave
Carousels – A New Spin on Rollin Contact”, Phys. Teach. 45, 54 (Jan. 2007))
On
“The most effective technique for inspiring learners”
On “I
have a hard time believing that our teachers in previous decades were somehow
doing a better job”
On “What are the most important
things in teaching?”
On “BELIEVING THE WORST ABOUT SCHOOLS”
On “K-12 schools exist to provide a very sophisticated form of childcare”