“The world is full of people who have dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall, of running a marathon, and of owning their own business. The difference between the people who make it across the finish line and everyone else is one simple thing: an action plan.” …
“There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.” -James Nathan Miller
“You were the first person to stop talking at me and give me something I could move in Algebra.…
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.” -Colin Powell
Building conceptual understanding for math can be done through almost anything. I’ve witnessed the most powerful understanding of fractions by cooking with my children. When we double or half the recipe it develops fractional understanding at the middle school level.…
A friend, knowing how strongly I feel about the power of engaging students in a classroom, sent me a link to a news article. After reading the article, she said it sounded like my kind of classroom. The study, conducted with Canadian college students, compared a lecture format with an interactive format.…
“For some reason, when you become a support to others, you become bigger than you are.” -Susan Jeffers, from “Feel the Fear…and Do It Anyway”
This morning was spent filming parts of the new Tabor Rotation DVD Training Series. My cinematographer, Chris Shepherd [http://www.christophershepherd.net/], is amazingly creative and dedicated to making this an incredibly informative AND entertaining film.…
I’ve been”madly” writing for the last few months trying to complete a goal I set for myself on January 1, 2010. On that day I determined to write at least 100 blog posts. My family thinks I’m crazy. My friends think I’m crazy. Even the dog has wondered through my home office carrying his bone and trying to convince me to stop and play.…
“As 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.” -Bruce Hammonds
Why is an abstract, multi-media piece of art posted in today’s blog about differentiated instruction? Keep reading…
Yesterday, as I began my workday and was pondering how to answer middle school and high school teacher requests, my mind was elsewhere.…
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 I’ve received over the last few weeks about motivating students when using student-directed small groups.…
