by MathPickle | Apr 3, 2024 | Teaching Technique Discussion
Finland has one of the best cultures of education. There is much to learn by seeing how they prepare their pre-service...
by MathPickle | Apr 2, 2024 | Muse of Mathematics, Teaching Technique Discussion
Here are several pedagogic ideas that I use when working with young students Kindergarten to grade 2. I find these the most exhausting classrooms, so I admire teachers who spend their working life here! I could not do what you do. Experiment… If it works for...
by MathPickle | Mar 31, 2024 | Teaching Technique Discussion
Teaching remotely is difficult. These four Zoom classrooms could be part of a discussion on how to teach remotely. The children here are not average. Most are gifted. At least one is a genius. The span of ability is roughly the same as an average class. The first...
by MathPickle | Jan 23, 2022 | Teaching Technique Discussion
“Fill the gaps!” is the command of many well-intentioned educators. Math especially succumbs to this twisted pedagogy because math is more obviously hierarchical with lower building blocks being required to understand higher building blocks. What is wrong...
