by Jenna Laib
Last Spring, EdWeek journalist Sarah D. Sparks shadowed me for a day, along with photographer Sophie Park. They observed me facilitating slow reveal graphs in three different classrooms. In a third grade class, we talked about the number of colors in national flags, which led us into a discussion of what makes a country a country. In first grade, we looked at typical heartbeats of different animal species, and touched on the relationship between size and heart function. Lastly, in fourth grade, we explored the racial breakdown of winners in the “Big 5” Academy Award categories (best director, actor, actress, picture, and screenplay).
It is an honor to share with you the package of math education articles, published on July 31, 2023. My students and I are featured in several articles. The first is a photo essay, anchored on the third grade lesson.
[link: Graphs Are Hard for Students to Digest. Can a ‘Slow Reveal’ Help?]
(Props to Sophie for the gorgeous photos!)
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The next is an article called “Finding Time for Math Across the Curriculum,” which features some of the brilliant first graders at my school as well as some illuminating data visualizations about teachers’ curricular decisions.
[link: Finding Time for Math Across the Curriculum]
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Then there is an article called “Teaching About Data Can Mean Leading Challenging Discussions.” It also features quotes from some of my ed heroes, like Shauna Hedgepath, Joel Bezaire, and Dashiell Young-Saver. (Shauna and Joel gave a brilliant session at NCTM Baltimore about data science, and using CODAP, in the classroom. Dashiell is the founder of Skew the Script, and he facilitates monthly webinars with special guests.)
[link: Teaching About Data Can Mean Leading Challenging Discussions]
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And, lastly, there is a “A Handy Guide for Infusing Data and Geometry Throughout the Curriculum,” which features Slow Reveal Graphs.
[link: A Handy Guide for Infusing Data and Geometry Throughout the Curriculum]
