Blending MDC Strategies with Project-Based Learning in the Algebra Classroom
Adriane Duke is an Algebra 1 teacher at Annie Camp Junior High School. She first learned about the Mathematics Design Collaborative (MDC) during an initial training, led by SREB math consultant Amanda...
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View ArticleMy Powerful LDC Moment
“Metacognition is thinking about your thinking.” We had just finished a module on Romeo and Juliet, adolescent brain research and decision-making when I was notified of a surprise visit from the state...
View ArticleAlabama Science Teacher Sets Higher Expectations Using Literacy Strategies
[image:2927, image w30 image left] Why did the deer cross the road? The usual answer to the joke is “to get to the other side.”That question serves as a prompt for seventh-grade science students to...
View ArticleBuilding Life Skills in a Middle School Classroom
Quinton GranvilleQuinton A. Granville was a seventh-grade social studies and reading teacher for Atlanta Public Schools when this blog entry was written. He is now a literacy consultant at SREB....
View ArticleNorth Carolina CTE Students Increase Reading Comprehension and Writing Skills
Atoniea Boykins, career management and Microsoft IT Academy teacher at East Rutherford High School in Bostic, North Carolina, is training in the strategies of the Literacy Design Collaborative. She...
View ArticleYou Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
Sheri Blankenship is an instructional coach with Rankin County School District in Brandon, Mississippi. An experienced English teacher, Blankenship knows her way around a classroom. But Literacy Design...
View ArticleFALs Yield High Dividends
Dr. Jeanne Glover, math specialist at the Jonesboro Public Schools district in Jonesboro, Arkansas, was trained in the Mathematics Design Collaborative during the 2013-14 school year with SREB math...
View ArticleBeginning With the End in Mind
Katrina Zimmerman is a science and technology teacher at Turrentine Middle School in Burlington, North Carolina. Zimmerman spearheads STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) at her school and...
View ArticleWest Virginia Teacher Experiences a Paradigm Shift Using Math Strategies
Brittany Dameron, a fifth-year math teacher at Riverside High School in Belle, West Virginia (Kanawha County School District), taught her first formative assessment lesson (FAL) spring semester of...
View ArticlePrincipal is Key for Math Teachers’ Professional Development
The role of the administrator — attending professional development sessions with teachers and principals and participating in classroom observations and coaching visits — is critical to the successful...
View ArticleMDC Is an Obsession for One North Carolina Teacher
Claudia Rodriguez sums up her excitement about the Mathematics Design Collaborative training with one word — obsessed. “I’m obsessed with the formative assessment lessons (FALs),” the North Asheboro...
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