âDreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions. ” Edgar Cayce
Many educators, who have attended my workshops concerned with simplifying small-group, differentiated instruction in mathematics using the Tabor Rotation Framework, have submitted questions. Before the year is over, my goal is to respond to as many of these questions as possible.…
One of my New Year’s Resolutions for 2010 was to post regularly on my blog. Being a goal-oriented, recovering Type A personality (quit chuckling all of you who know me well and find the word recovering slightly amusing), I set a goal of at least 100 blog posts for the year.…
âBetween stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.â â Viktor Frankl
Throughout the year I am thankful for so many things. Dedicated people with undying passion and vision keep me going and inspire me to continue on my mission.…
âI canât 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.â…
I was âon the road, againâ in San Antonio, Texas last week. No, I wasnât there to eat the hottest hamburger in the worldâthe â4 Horsemenâ which has the 4 hottest peppers in the world on it. Maybe I should explain…my son and I watch âMan vs.…
âAs teachers we need to know what interests [students], what they love so as to turn such interests into education growth in knowledge and positive attitudes.â -Bruce Hammonds
Why is an abstract, multi-media piece of art posted in todayâs blog about differentiated instruction? Keep readingâŚ
Yesterday, as I began my workday and was pondering how to answer middle school and high school teacher requests, my mind was elsewhere.…
Have you heard this saying, âIf you fail to plan, then you plan to fail?â Or this one, âBad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.â Maybe Winnie-the-Pooh (as written by A. A. Milne) said it best, âOrganizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.â…
âEvery piece of the puzzle that doesn’t fit gets you closer to the answer.â – Cynthia Copeland Lewis
âDoctors 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.â    …
Thank you to all the educators who have been visiting my website, using the FREE RESOURCES, requesting more information, and asking really good questions. This post will address some of the questions Iâve received over the last few weeks about motivating students when using student-directed small groups.…
