I have been having a fabulous week here at the Phillips Exeter Academy Math, Science and Technology conference in New Hampshire. I have two sections of my course running on “Moving Forward with Problem-Based Learning” and it really seems like there’s a huge increase in the interest in the Exeter Teaching Materials here this year. […]
Apologies for not writing in so long. Transitions can be hard and making my way through a new school, new place to live and way too many other changes in my life have caused me to put this blog lowest on the priority list. However, in preparing for my course at the PEA conference next […]
My daughter is starting middle school this fall and is extremely anxious about so many things that new sixth graders worry about over the summer. She’s on of those kids, though, that go to extremes – you know the type – the ones who love to shop of school supplies the first week of August, […]
Thanks to everyone who was in my PBL class this week. I had a wonderful time at the Anja S. Greer PEA Math Conference and met lots of wonderful people. For those of you in my week-long class, please feel free to fill out the course evaluation at: Schettino Course Evaluation So many teachers that […]
I recently read an article in Education Week that was proclaiming the benefits of discussing student mistakes in class. The author, Alina Tugend who has recently published a book entitled, Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong, cited that in some asian cultures students can be asked to work out “math problems in […]
I have returned from my trip to Indianapolis and I would like to thank everyone that I met there for turning out to both of the presentations that I gave. The talk I gave on Saturday, which was with my colleague was more about our Problem-Based Learning curriculum at our school. The turn-out there was […]
What a great day at the NCTM national conference in Indianapolis. My colleague and I arrived late last night so I missed registration. However, since my talk was today at 9:30 am, I was supposed to be registered at least two hours before I was supposed to speak, so I needed to be up pretty […]