Cohort 21 | Natalie Vera | Mentions https://cohort21.com/members/nvera/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Natalie Vera. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:47:11 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-CA 30 hourly 2 038568517f17c94cd110687cf696661a Leslie McBeth posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/emiliamartin/2018/10/31/first-twitter-chat/#comment-47 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 23:02:29 -0500 Hi Emilia,
Sorry I missed this post earlier! I’m really interested to learn more about the math lab. It seems that math is often the hardest course to really “blow up” and make appealing to all students. Have you seen @nvera‘s post about confidence in math? You two will probably have lots to share!
Looking forward to seeing you in January. In…Read more

In reply to - Emilia Martin wrote a new post on the site Emilia Martin Tonight was a first for me. Participating in a Twitter chat lead by Tina Jagdeo and Laura Mustard opened up yet another wonderful way to connect with ed […] ]]> 249c789db06a208d8a2f4f2abc714720 Hilary Prosser posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/natalievera/2018/12/13/how-might-we/#comment-14 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 15:22:22 -0500 Hi @nvera,

I like your how might we question. I’m also looking into how to promote reflection in my classroom, across all disciplines. The resource with the open middle math questions was a good one. Using questions that are open routed or open ended are also great as students can use different methods to solve the questions and for open ended,…Read more

In reply to - Natalie Vera wrote a new post on the site Natalie Vera During our last F2F Crowdsourced Inspiration, someone left an amazing resource for me to use called, Open Middle http://www.openmiddle.com/  Thank you! Yo […] ]]> b33b0329258ee4e8e3e82433dc5508af Tim Rollwagen posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/natalievera/2018/11/08/insights/#comment-11 Sat, 17 Nov 2018 14:21:39 -0500 @nvera, I taught math for many years and truly enjoyed it. A couple of years ago, I was given the opportunity to make changes to my course. Though I did still incorporate tests, I started looking more holistically at the Problem-Based method of teaching math. We visited several schools and saw it in action. The students took more agency in…Read more

In reply to - Natalie Vera wrote a new post on the site Natalie Vera     These have been my guiding questions with our placemat work: Tell me more… about when you feel strong in math class   Explain….how you […] ]]> dff5536bf8c5cee95250bfbada460c88 Justin Medved posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/natalievera/2018/11/08/insights/#comment-9 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:21:30 -0500 @nvera you are definitely going to want to check out the work of @snewell and her blog https://cohort21.com/suzannenewell/2017/04/20/what-techniques-worked-to-change-students-attitudes-about-math/She worked and continues to work on mathematical mindset and source some really interesting research. If this ends up being your action plan she can be a…Read more

In reply to - Natalie Vera wrote a new post on the site Natalie Vera     These have been my guiding questions with our placemat work: Tell me more… about when you feel strong in math class   Explain….how you […] ]]> b1cc11b55c6e3fe889bf1a90aabd5c67 Jennifer Weening posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/natalievera/2018/11/08/insights/#comment-6 Fri, 09 Nov 2018 12:57:18 -0500 This is such a great start to your journey, @nvera! How did your students respond when you started asking them these questions?

In reply to - Natalie Vera wrote a new post on the site Natalie Vera     These have been my guiding questions with our placemat work: Tell me more… about when you feel strong in math class   Explain….how you […] ]]>