Comments for Out of the Math Box!

Comment on MTEL Practice Questions by dborkovitz

dborkovitz — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:48:52 +0000

jon b, I do disagree and will email you. If anyone else has similar concerns, I suggest looking at the interactive version for objective 0019, http://debraborkovitz.com/0019-operations-on-numbers/; they are questions 2 and 3, and there are more detailed explanations when you click on various responses.

Comment on MTEL Practice Questions by jon b

jon b — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:05:50 +0000

i think number 42 is wrong on the answer key and i really don’t understand the point of question 41 on the 124 question practice test. email me if u agree or disagree

Comment on MTEL Practice Questions by dborkovitz

dborkovitz — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:40:20 +0000

Good luck on the test! If you know any places to advertise the site, please feel free.

Comment on MTEL Practice Questions by Ada Greenberg

Ada Greenberg — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:58:20 +0000

So glad i found this website the night before i am taking the Math 03 MTEL. Wish there were more advertisement for your site. Ada

Comment on Trigonometry Yoga by dborkovitz

dborkovitz — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:07:43 +0000

You’re welcome. I haven’t had the chance to try this approach with someone new to trig, so would be very interested to hear how it goes with your son. Appreciate the comment.

Comment on Trigonometry Yoga by Paul McKenzie

Paul McKenzie — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:48:51 +0000

Wonderful post. I will try this very natural approach with my grade 9 son tomorrow. It’s a shame my grade 8 students won’t need it this year, but I’ll pass this post along to next year’s teacher. I am certain this approach would have saved me hours and hours of confusion when I was at school – as well as helping me see the bigger picture more clearly. Thanks so much

Comment on Teaching with a Chronic Illness by Jane Newman

Jane Newman — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:48:58 +0000

Debbie B. Sorry about all of your pain and suffering. Glad that you are on the mend. I had a student who had chrone’s. He wrote and I -search paper on it, and I intended to write an article on I-Search and include other students’ work, but never have. I know that it is a very painful, temperamental disease. Wish you the best as you recoup! Jane/Nana

Comment on Trigonometry Yoga by dborkovitz

dborkovitz — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:23:04 +0000

Thanks! And it’s not stealing if I give it away….

Comment on Trigonometry Yoga by Colin Beveridge

Colin Beveridge — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:25:12 +0000

Nice approach! I might steal this for some of my students )

Comment on Teaching with a Chronic Illness by Emily

Emily — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:00:01 +0000

I’ve been following Debbie’s struggles and triumphs for quite some time. She is indeed a fine write, a terrific teacher, and basically a pretty brave, date I say heroic person. She’s also a colleague of mine though in a different department. Now, after almost a year of pain, fancy imaging techniques, etc. I’ve been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, The pain is pretty relentless as is the fatigue and a certain fogginess of my head. I’ve been teaching these semester but, dare I say, not very well. Would love to hear suggestions from others in the same or similar boat.