objectives

The Objectives of Objectives, Part Three: Joy

Welcome back Math Geeks!  I’ve been thinking a lot about the objectives of lesson objectives, and I’m committing to writing a series posts to spark a conversation.  I’m curious about how you frame lesson objectives to maximize student joy, and I invite you to tell me.  If you missed my first post about ways to make … Continue Reading

The Objective of Objectives, Part Two: Headache First

Dan Meyer has written extensively about the importance of creating intellectual need in the mathematics classroom. If we are going to ask students to use mathematics to solve problems, we need to let students internalize problems through inquiry and exploration BEFORE we teach them the mathematics. As Dan suggests, if math is the aspirin, then how do we create the headache?