Category Archives: Knowledge Building

After reading the three most recent chapters of Developing Outcomes-based Assessment for Learning-centered Education. I feel like the concepts and practices behind designing an outcomes-based class are becoming clearer. While the book title highlights assessment, I was deliberate to leave … Continue reading →

Bridging the Divide — Seeing Mathematics in the World Through Dynamic Geometry Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Volume 30 Issue 1 Abstract: In TMA, Oldknow (2009, TEAMAT, 28, 180–195) called for ways to unlock students’ skills so that they increase … Continue reading →

The journal I have selected to follow for the rest of the course is Teaching Mathematics and its Applications published by Oxford University Press.

The first three chapters of Outcomes-based Assessment did well to provide me with a broad view of the environment needed to implement this different approach to  “grading” students.  The first and most important aspect of the text was the necessity … Continue reading →

The article I chose for this week is titled “Training Teachers to Teach Probability” and can be found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v12n1/batanero.html .  I chose this article as I have been thinking about how I might approach teaching probability to future students.  … Continue reading →

Miller-Cochran, Susan K. “Beyond Typical Ideas of Writing: Developing a Diverse Understanding of Writers, Writing, and Writing Instruction”. College Composition and Communication 62.3 (2011): 550-559. ProQuest. Web.  21 Feb. 2011. In this article, Miller-Cochran presents the ideas about writing instruction from four different recently published … Continue reading →

Teach Them When They Aren’t Looking: Introducing Security in CS1 Nance, K.; Security & Privacy, IEEE Volume: 7 , Issue: 5 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/MSP.2009.139 Publication Year: 2009 , Page(s): 53 – 55 IEEE Journals AbstractPlus  |  Full Text: PDF (336 … Continue reading →

The College Composition and Communication (CCC) journal is put out by the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC).  According to their website, the journal “supports and promotes the teaching and study of college composition and communication” through a variety … Continue reading →