Challenge 2 - Universal Design

For this challenge, we will keep a Photo Essay, I want you to dive into what UDL means for you and your own students. Think about your Unit Plan idea. What are ways that we can support students in our planning connected to UDL. Be able to answer the question.…

What does it mean to be a Math Teacher?

Schools are inherently cultural spaces where different forms of knowing and being are being validated. Every decision a mathematics teacher makes, which properties of arithmetic, which formulas in algebra, which theorems in geometry, and in what context, and for what purpose, sends powerful messages about what is valued and whose…

Cognitive and Language Demands

One of the things we want to think about as we move forward with both the 5280 view (unit planning)  and the ocean view (lesson planning) are the demands that our students face in the classroom. Photo by Nick Tiemeyer [https://unsplash.com/@nickeedoo?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=…

Let's breathe

Thinking about the work that we have done and how busy we are. I think it's important to think about how we take time to recharge. What do we do to recharge with the depleted energy. I want to hear some ideas. What specific things that you do?…

Student voice in STEM

(Alternate title: The person doing the talking is doing the learning) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In both math and science education the work we do is partially guided by Standards that connect both the content we want our students to learn and the way we want students to engage in thinking about being…

Recess in difficult times

In this unique moment in education, it is increasingly difficult to have the bandwidth and space to think about how play can fit into our students’ learning. It is also difficult to be able to focus on our own academic and pedagogical pursuits. Recess is an opportunity for students to…

Welcome

Welcome to the STME Landing Page. The goal of this page is for Math and Science Education students at CU Denver to have a place to share, reflect and learn about our student's learning and reasoning in equitable ways. Welcome all!…

Welcome to Ghost

Welcome to the STME Landing Page for CU Denver STEM Education. The purpose of this page is to have a space where we can reflect and post ideas pertinent to our STEM Education pages. Let's share our ideas about promoting equitable STEM Education…