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Why is Cohort21 so Effective?

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Ruth Eichholtz — 4 Comments ↓

  What is it about Cohort21 that makes it such an effective professional development experience? I think there are 2 key elements that drive the outstanding #cohorteffect: Culture, and Andragogy Continue Reading →

Posted in Action Plan, professional development | Tagged adult learning, andragogy, culture | 4 Comments ↓

Conversations in Math Class

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Ruth Eichholtz — 8 Comments ↓

“That was cool. And hard.” “It’s difficult to come up with math questions.” “I realized that I had got it wrong and then I figured out that I understood it Continue Reading →

Posted in Lesson Ideas, Math, professional development | Tagged formative assessment, thinking routines, vocabulary | 8 Comments ↓

Measuring Success

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Ruth Eichholtz — 3 Comments ↓

Outside education, everyone assumes that it must be easy for teachers to measure our students’ learning. Just give them a test, right? As insiders, we know it isn’t this straightforward. Continue Reading →

Posted in Lesson Ideas, Math, professional development | Tagged assessment, inquiry learning, secondary math, student learning | 3 Comments ↓

Do You “See” Math?

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Ruth Eichholtz — 2 Comments ↓

Are you one of those people who can “see” math? Or are you a person who self-identifies as “not a math person”? I’m an optimist. I actually believe that everyone Continue Reading →

Posted in Action Plan, Lesson Ideas, Math, professional development | Tagged inquiry in math, interdisciplinary, spatial reasoning | 2 Comments ↓

This Year’s Journey

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Ruth Eichholtz — 5 Comments ↓

While this year my action plan moved around a few times, it came to rest in my favorite teaching place: helping students find joy and beauty in Mathematics. Here is Continue Reading →

Posted in Action Plan, Math, professional development | Tagged action plan, IBDP, inquiry in math, student-centered learning | 5 Comments ↓

Wondering about Cohort21?

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Ruth Eichholtz — 1 Comment ↓

… did you recently sign up to be part of this year’s Cohort21 group? Are you considering registering, but not sure whether the PD will be worth the time? I Continue Reading →

Posted in professional development | 1 Comment ↓

Announcing: GirlTech!

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Ruth Eichholtz — 9 Comments ↓

hello world: meet GirlTech. What is GirlTech? Before I tell you that, I have to tell you where it comes from. (tl;dr – an awesome new club for HS girls about coding, leadership, Continue Reading →

Posted in GirlTech, professional development | Tagged coding, gender gap, girls, GirlTech, IT, programming, STEM | 9 Comments ↓

Cool Math Stuff

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Ruth Eichholtz — 1 Comment ↓

I had the great privilege to attend a workshop last week led by the famous-amongst-the-nerds visionary math teacher Dan Meyer. He presented a very accessible framework for bringing more application to Continue Reading →

Posted in Action Plan, Lesson Ideas, Math, professional development | 1 Comment ↓

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