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Christian Lawson-PerfectI've spent today making a poster for Newcastle Uni's teaching and learning conference. I started off making it in Inkscape but quickly got fed up with laying out text, so switched to a web page. I'm quite happy with how it turned out!And as a bonus, I automatically get a digital version I can direct people to with a QR code.Online at <a href="https://improving-accessibility-ltconf-2025.think.somethingorotherwhatever.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://improving-accessibility-ltconf-2025.think.somethingorotherwhatever.com</a><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEducation</a>

Rosy MathsHey <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEducation</a> 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) <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teaching</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathematics</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathsEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathsEducation</a>

myrmepropagandistA few weeks back I was complaining about this meme and we had a good discussion about it on here. I ended up making a lesson plan about taxes and my students really liked it so I will share it. (It is for students with a basic understanding of integration. But, you could probably rework it to skip that bit.)<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/14xaQ1hMpqy0A68MAbxN49zK4HxK8m2R6/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/14xaQ1hMpqy0A68MAbxN49zK4HxK8m2R6/view?usp=sharing</a>(And if you have feedback let me know!)<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#math</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathEducation</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/lessonplans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lessonplans</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/calculus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#calculus</a>

Christian Lawson-PerfectLast Summer, my student intern Scarlett Spackman put together a great document about accessible teaching for <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maths</a>, <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stats</a> and <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#physics</a>. Under two headers, "Why should I care?" and "Advice", Scarlett makes the case for improving accessibility and then offers practical ways of achieving that.I've finally got the go-ahead to share it more widely:<a href="https://www.mas.ncl.ac.uk/accessible-teaching/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mas.ncl.ac.uk/accessible-teaching/</a><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teaching</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEducation</a>

myrmepropagandistTo do WHAT to the coordinates??<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/monsterdon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monsterdon</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathEducation</a>

Doug HoltonIf you think you are ‘just not a math person’ then think again <a href="https://psyche.co/ideas/if-you-think-you-are-just-not-a-math-person-then-think-again" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://psyche.co/ideas/if-you-think-you-are-just-not-a-math-person-then-think-again</a> "By bringing mathematics into familiar, low-stakes situations, where the focus is on practical application and curiosity rather than performance, individuals can build more confidence in their use of it." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEducation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MathEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Teaching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEMeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#STEMeducation</a>

myrmepropagandistUsed the laser cutter to make a holder for my class set of spirographs — for the lessons I like to do my students need to know how many teeth the gears have. They write a program that produces the same curve using turtle. (with older students we do the trig, which I just call “magic circle functions” for the grade fives)This will make it all go much smoother! This is 8 sets packed into one box! <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#math</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathEducation</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teaching</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/spirograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spirograph</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathematics</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/k12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#k12</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/hypotrochoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hypotrochoid</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/trigonometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trigonometry</a>

myrmepropagandistOne of the many classes I teach is a calculus course for 12th year high school students. Since their peers are taking Calculus II and Linear Algebra and beyond they regard themselves as “the slow class” which is ridiculous. Most people don’t take calculus until college, if they ever encounter it at all. But young people compare themselves to their peers— 1/<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathEducation</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/k12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#k12</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/calculus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#calculus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teaching</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathematics</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#math</a>

myrmepropagandistIt's kind of your responsibility if you are teaching someone to have some confidence in their ability to "get it" -- and, sadly I encountered a number of teachers who had little confidence in me in my own education so I tend to err on the side of "of course you can" more than "hm maybe this is too hard for you right now"This can be an error though that can really stress some students out. So, that is a see-saw I'm always fiddling with.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teaching</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathEducation</a>

Markus RedekerThink of a mathematical definition as having two sides: a user side and a verification side.The verification side is what you usually see in a book or paper: a minimalistic description that makes it as easy as possible to verify that a certain mathematical object has property X.The user side is usually presented in form of one or more theorems that follow from the verification side. They provide the rich mental image you need to have in mind to think of property X or use it in a mathematical argument — its real nature, so to speak.For, example a dense subset \( D \subseteq \mathbb R \) is defined by the property that if there are two different elements \( x \) and \( y \) in \( D \), then there is a third one between them. This is the verification side. The user side is: If there are two different elements \( x \) and \( y \) in \( D \), then there are infinitely many others between them!<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mathematics</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEducation</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Definitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Definitions</a>

Adrian Riskin 🇵🇸🍉Math education as an academic discipline ought to spend less effort thinking about how to teach math to children and more effort thinking about why to teach it to them at all if they're not interested. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Math</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mathematics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MathEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEd</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEducation</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Unschooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Unschooling</a>

Colin the MathmoMaths education is hard, but the people talking about it should talk to the people doing it !!There will never be agreement, but it can and should be better than it is. Remaining in silos will not help, and neither will adversarial attitudes.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@geonz/112685214690952005" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mathstodon.xyz/@geonz/112685214690952005</a>So many hashtags:<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEd</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathsEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathsEd</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEdChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEdChat</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathsEdChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathsEdChat</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEducation</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathsEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathsEducation</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MTBoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MTBoS</a>

Cenobyte :abunhdowohop:First author paper out in the wild. It's challenging as an independent researcher, but it can be done. This has been a long time coming. Maybe more in the future <a href="https://zenodo.org/records/11214976" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://zenodo.org/records/11214976</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thirring.org/tags/paper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paper</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thirring.org/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#math</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thirring.org/tags/matheducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#matheducation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thirring.org/tags/proofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#proofs</a> Should show up in a couple other locations as well hopefully (pending reviews)

nauraI did y’allsFor my husband, who encouraged me to go to school because “i’ve done my thing, now its time to do your thing”For my kids - bought me this graduation owl back on 2021 and updated it for meFor my program mentor - supported me through mental health crises (yup, more than one), covid, an adhd diagnosis, and a move to northern californiaFor WGU - being an amazing program with amazing course instructors and support who helped me with everything i needed to be licensed although in the end it didn’t happenI GRADUATED COLLEGE!!!!<a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/NightOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NightOwl</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/WGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WGU</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/WesternGovernorsUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WesternGovernorsUniversity</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/ClassOf2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassOf2024</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEducation</a>

naura6 years ago i went back to school. 5 years ago i experienced a mental health crisis that finally convinced me to get help. 4 years ago i started anti-depressants and therapy. 3 years ago i was diagnosed with <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> 2 years ago i decided to take a year off of school. 1 year ago i went back to school. A few days ago i finally finished my coursework. Today i applied to graduate! <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Classof2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Classof2024</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/WGU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WGU</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MathNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathNerd</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEducation</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/WesternGovernorsUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WesternGovernorsUniversity</a>

Doug HoltonThe Silencing of Research - by Jo Boaler <a href="https://thethreo.com/the-silencing-of-research/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thethreo.com/the-silencing-of-research/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdResearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEducation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a>

nauralast post made me want to do another <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a>. I am naura (she/her) 40 something wife, mom of three humans and a dog. living on stolen ohlone land. I joined the fedi-verse during the great red**t exodus of 2023.I am late diagnosed <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a>, <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/TraumaSurvivor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TraumaSurvivor</a>, live with <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MajorDepressiveDisorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MajorDepressiveDisorder</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/AntiFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiFascist</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leftist</a> Current interests:<a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StarTrekVOY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarTrekVOY</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/WhiteoutSurvival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteoutSurvival</a> (state 732) <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/TingusGoose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TingusGoose</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drawing</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StarTrekProdigy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarTrekProdigy</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cooking</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEducation</a>🖖🏽

Nalini JoshiDo you know that the International Commission on Mathematics Instruction (a body of the International Mathematical Union) will hold the world’s biggest conference on mathematics education in Sydney, Australia in July 2024? <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/matheducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#matheducation</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ICME15" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICME15</a> <a href="https://icme15.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://icme15.org/</a>

Chloé Azencott⬆️ <a href="https://lipn.info/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://lipn.info/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#math</a> <a href="https://lipn.info/tags/mathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathEducation</a>

Colin the MathmoI thought I'd share this. Julia is well-known in the education community, to which she has contributed enormously.<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-julia-dweck-and-her-family" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-julia-dweck-and-her-family</a>If you are able, consider contributing, no matter how little. Everything helps.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MTBoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MTBoS</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEd</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathsEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathsEd</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MathEducation</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ITeachMath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ITeachMath</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ClassroomMath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassroomMath</a>

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