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4 Jun 2017

Mini-Quizzes: A Tweak that Led to More Feedback and Fewer Grades

by dborkovitz | posted in: Assessment, Highlight | 0

Last year I wanted to incorporate more quizzes and individual feedback into my college mathematics courses.  My classes are inquiry-based, where students often work in groups solving challenging problems in a variety of ways.  Most of my students were prospective … Read More

Gradeless, Mini-Quiz, MTEL
12 Aug 2013

Competency-Based Education: Pythagoras and the Lez-umé

by dborkovitz | posted in: Assessment, Geometry, Whole Math Teacher Blog | 3

Last week I read an excerpt in the Boston Globe from the blog post, “How to Improve Boston Public Schools,” by Nicholas C. Donohue, president of the Nellie Mae Educational foundation.  The post focused on four items – increasing expectations, … Read More

Pythagorean theorem
2 Aug 2013

Prestige, Measurement, and What’s Left Out that Matters

by dborkovitz | posted in: Assessment, Whole Math Teacher Blog | 0

Fifth in a Series.  First one is here. When I was at MIT, it seemed like hardly anyone there was interested in teaching.  My advisor told me that mathematicians viewed teaching as akin to golf: an unrelated side-interest.  The teaching … Read More

MIT, MOOC
17 Jun 2013

Responsible People Don’t Get Sick

by dborkovitz | posted in: Assessment, Whole Math Teacher Blog | 2

When someone shares a syllabus with me, it’s usually to show me the course content, not the attendance policy, but these days I also think about the message the syllabus sends to students with chronic illnesses or medical crises. That … Read More

Chronic Illness, handout, syllabus

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