Ralph Pantozzi

FIGURE 5: NAEP SCORE GROWTH VS REVENUE PER STUDENT GROWTH' • Per Student Revenue Growth • 8th Grade Math NAEP • 4th Grade Math NAEP • 8th Grade Reading NAEP 4th Grade Reading NAEP 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

Filing under misleading graphs #iTeachMath

Only when convenient

A billboard showing that 10 to the 18th power is greater than 10 to the 100th power

Oh no! #iTeachMath

Another way to interpret this: The Washington Post endorses re-segregation of American society.

research is a need to identify the boundaries of inquiry-based science instruction, or for whom and under what conditions is inquiry-based science instruction effective and ineffective.

or SWD, these small effects on standardized measures are still meaningful, and suggest that content gained through inquiry-based learning is sustained over time.

hands-on opportunities within structured inquiry are either teacher demonstrations, or students following prescribed steps to reach a predetermined outcome.

tructured inquiry may serve as a critical entry point, especially when students are building foundational knowledge or require intensive supports...

...guided inquiry encourages students to become more active participants in constructing their own knowledge and in the learning process while teachers are providing guidance around misconceptions and opportunities for authentic practice.

Prior work suggests that when teachers take on facilitative roles during inquiry instruction, student outcomes improve. Ideally in guided inquiry, there is a balance between student self-direction and teacher involvement.

Open and guided inquiry approaches may foster deeper scientific reasoning, but often require prerequisite knowledge and skills that must be intentionally taught.

We propose that inquiry-based instruction is best understood as a continuum, with levels of support and openness tailored to learners' needs.
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"The current study contributes to extant literature by examining the efficacy of inquiry-based instruction separated by inquiry types, rather than grouping all forms of inquiry-based interventions together... for students with disabilities

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The American Way

I maintain that a major difference between the humanities and math/sciences is we treat the latter as an innate skillset and we treat the humanities as learnable.

Also the people IME have the most contempt for the humanities are the ones who struggle to write a simple paragraph.

I’m sure it’s somewhere down in the later in the thread 😆

@ X.com @BowtiedQueenBee I have a conspiracy theory. Coworker- "My daughter brought home her simple long division. I was about to help her with it, but she started drawing boxes and I have no idea what that is. I'm about to write a letter to the teacher." I think they drastically switched up how math is done nationally because they don't want parents to be able to help their kids. I think it's intentional. 1) Breaks down communication

I need to get to work on my book about the history of teaching calculations.

Not that this would prevent such theories, however. #iTeachMath

…algorithms can lead to higher costs for consumers because if companies know that their competitors will almost instantaneously match their prices, they have less incentive to try to attract customers by offering a better deal — a pattern the authors call “algorithmic coercion.”

Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ

The only difference was the price they were offered: $3.99 for a couple of lucky shoppers. $4.59 or $4.69 for others. And a few saw a price of $4.79 — 20 percent more than some others, for the exact same product.

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Every time I try to type “sunset” I keep tying “subset”.

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I love all of the content areas & never wanted to give up any of them. Last year, using a mostly-scripted curriculum for language arts was one of the most frustrating & demoralizing professional experiences of my career. I worked hard to make that curriculum interesting & relevant to my students. 2/

Welcome back to 1906

📽️ WATCH: Photographer @annie-flanagan.bsky.social went to Clairton, PA, where residents live in the shadow of the country’s largest coke plant. Coke is a product used to manufacture steel.

This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.

Link to our story below ⤵️

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again, it is just arrogance. “there is one true meaning of the constitution and it can only be derived by a special caste of lawyers with a special interpretative lens and once discovered it is binding.”

We shall chat

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if didn’t say it last year at my first @socialstudies.org conference, making sure I say it here after my second: social studies teachers are heroes.

Plus so much collaboration with #iTeachMath is possible.