“I can’t ever go back to teaching difficult concepts to the whole group. Quite frankly, by the time I finished passing out manipulatives to the class and monitored their use, I just wanted to collect them and end the lesson. Small groups are a gift to my students.”…
“Every piece of the puzzle that doesn’t fit gets you closer to the answer.” – Cynthia Copeland Lewis
“Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.” …
“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” -Leonardo da Vinci
A group of teachers once told me that using small groups in mathematics didn’t meet the needs of all their students.…
“Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven’t fallen asleep yet.” -Anonymous
Welcome to March, April, and the 1st half of May. For most people in the United States, this means the coming of warmer weather and spring. For teachers and schools it is the season of state tests.…
“A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.” -John Ciardi
“The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer.”…
