Nicole Jawhari
@nicolejawhari.bsky.social
Mom. Learner. Educator.
SNRPDP Elem Math Project Facilitator.
Las Vegas, Nevada
#iteachmath #mtbos #eduSky
SNRPDP Elem Math Project Facilitator.
Las Vegas, Nevada
#iteachmath #mtbos #eduSky
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"If they can do the worksheet, they don't need it. If they can't, it won't help them."
-Marilyn Adams
-Marilyn Adams
May 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"If they can do the worksheet, they don't need it. If they can't, it won't help them."
-Marilyn Adams
-Marilyn Adams
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“… it also will separate you from your students”
I decided to finally ask students how they felt about all things AI in education last week, not really knowing what they were going to say.
They had a lot to say—and the message was ridiculously clear.
thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/what-my-st...
I decided to finally ask students how they felt about all things AI in education last week, not really knowing what they were going to say.
They had a lot to say—and the message was ridiculously clear.
thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/what-my-st...
What My Students Had To Say About AI
Students shared how they felt about AI usage—for students and adults alike
thebrokencopier.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“… it also will separate you from your students”
I decided to finally ask students how they felt about all things AI in education last week, not really knowing what they were going to say.
They had a lot to say—and the message was ridiculously clear.
thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/what-my-st...
I decided to finally ask students how they felt about all things AI in education last week, not really knowing what they were going to say.
They had a lot to say—and the message was ridiculously clear.
thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/what-my-st...
“Whenever you hear someone make a point by tossing around a big number, you should run it through your own filter of what makes sense.”
Numbers are powerful; let’s give children the opportunity to make sense and think critically in mathematics versus blindly trusting what they’re told.
Numbers are powerful; let’s give children the opportunity to make sense and think critically in mathematics versus blindly trusting what they’re told.
May 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“Whenever you hear someone make a point by tossing around a big number, you should run it through your own filter of what makes sense.”
Numbers are powerful; let’s give children the opportunity to make sense and think critically in mathematics versus blindly trusting what they’re told.
Numbers are powerful; let’s give children the opportunity to make sense and think critically in mathematics versus blindly trusting what they’re told.
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What if our aim was to leave those options open, not to nail our children down as ‘behind’ before they’ve even got started. What would education look like if we gave our children time to grow? 7/
December 4, 2024 at 12:47 PM
What if our aim was to leave those options open, not to nail our children down as ‘behind’ before they’ve even got started. What would education look like if we gave our children time to grow? 7/
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Episode 1 of Amazon’s ‘Are you smarter than a celebrity’? Featured an engineer answering a 2nd grade math question. How would you answer this? #iteachmath.
December 5, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Episode 1 of Amazon’s ‘Are you smarter than a celebrity’? Featured an engineer answering a 2nd grade math question. How would you answer this? #iteachmath.
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100% agree with this. Theoretically, I have about 70 minutes per day to grade papers, write lessons, contact parents, make collagues, manage online materials, and collaborate with collagues. That's 2 minutes per student. Our school system is designed to fail.
Other "high performing" countries have figured out that decreasing class load gives more opportunities to get that PD, discuss good practices, and visit each other.
In the US, schools want to do that *while* having only one lunch and one prep period.
(Quotes because I'm still skeptical ...)
In the US, schools want to do that *while* having only one lunch and one prep period.
(Quotes because I'm still skeptical ...)
December 5, 2024 at 1:06 AM
100% agree with this. Theoretically, I have about 70 minutes per day to grade papers, write lessons, contact parents, make collagues, manage online materials, and collaborate with collagues. That's 2 minutes per student. Our school system is designed to fail.
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Here's my quick summary of an important research paper, published September 2022.
Forty Years of Reading Intervention -
Overview of 53 reading intervention programs. "Multi-sensory" phonics programs did NOT out-perform other balanced curriculum.
buff.ly
December 4, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Here's my quick summary of an important research paper, published September 2022.
These four elements are a great lens for thinking about how to grow equitable math learning communities in our classroom! Great to see you here @martamath0901.bsky.social
View the recording of Four Elements of Equitable Math Learning Communities, the 1st session in our 2024-2025 Speaker Series: terc.edu/mathequityfo...
Register for upcoming sessions, which will focus on each element, in more depth: terc.edu/mathequityfo...
Register for upcoming sessions, which will focus on each element, in more depth: terc.edu/mathequityfo...
December 2, 2024 at 4:58 PM
These four elements are a great lens for thinking about how to grow equitable math learning communities in our classroom! Great to see you here @martamath0901.bsky.social
I love his perspective on learning and mathematics.
“I think this is also why babies are super happy — because they have epiphanies all day long. It’s wonderful.”
“I think this is also why babies are super happy — because they have epiphanies all day long. It’s wonderful.”
A great interview just dropped on @quantamagazine.bsky.social
www.quantamagazine.org/mathematical...
“The mathematician’s message is for everyone: Look at what you can do if you don’t give up on your intuition,” Bessis said.
www.quantamagazine.org/mathematical...
“The mathematician’s message is for everyone: Look at what you can do if you don’t give up on your intuition,” Bessis said.
Mathematical Thinking Isn’t What You Think It Is | Quanta Magazine
The mathematician David Bessis claims that everyone is capable of, and can benefit greatly from, mathematical thinking.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 2, 2024 at 4:35 PM
I love his perspective on learning and mathematics.
“I think this is also why babies are super happy — because they have epiphanies all day long. It’s wonderful.”
“I think this is also why babies are super happy — because they have epiphanies all day long. It’s wonderful.”
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It’s hard to overstate the value of this approach
Specialise, Conjecture and Generalise.
A three-step plan to encourage and develop mathematical thinking when faced with an unfamiliar problem.
A three-step plan to encourage and develop mathematical thinking when faced with an unfamiliar problem.
November 29, 2024 at 5:11 PM
It’s hard to overstate the value of this approach
When we ignore the role of curiosity and motivation in learning, we make it harder for children. Learning isn't just a process of remembering information. It starts with a desire to know and that drives everything which follows.
November 25, 2024 at 4:13 AM
#numbertalks are my favorite opportunity to listen to kids’ mathematical thinking but these moments exist all day. We must honor our children’s voices. We must Listen.
Student voice is already there.
It's not something we give.
It's something we honor.
And we do that when we listen.
Via @montesyrie.bsky.social
#EduSky 🦋 #CodeBreaker 📚
It's not something we give.
It's something we honor.
And we do that when we listen.
Via @montesyrie.bsky.social
#EduSky 🦋 #CodeBreaker 📚
November 22, 2024 at 5:36 PM
#numbertalks are my favorite opportunity to listen to kids’ mathematical thinking but these moments exist all day. We must honor our children’s voices. We must Listen.
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“Without meaning, relying on memorising makes a huge demand on executive function skills and steers learners away from mathematical thinking.”
Read this article from our latest journal for free: atm.org.uk/write/MediaU...
Read this article from our latest journal for free: atm.org.uk/write/MediaU...
November 16, 2024 at 10:51 AM
“Without meaning, relying on memorising makes a huge demand on executive function skills and steers learners away from mathematical thinking.”
Read this article from our latest journal for free: atm.org.uk/write/MediaU...
Read this article from our latest journal for free: atm.org.uk/write/MediaU...
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Visited Grade 1 again today. We talked about the equals sign meaning basically 'is the same as' and made shapes that were the same as each other different ways. #patternblocks
November 20, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Visited Grade 1 again today. We talked about the equals sign meaning basically 'is the same as' and made shapes that were the same as each other different ways. #patternblocks
Keeping their curiosity “well supplied with food” doesn’t mean feeding them or telling them what they have to feed themselves. It means putting them in reach of the widest possible variety and quantity of food-- like taking them to a supermarket with no junk food (if we can imagine such a thing).-
November 19, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Keeping their curiosity “well supplied with food” doesn’t mean feeding them or telling them what they have to feed themselves. It means putting them in reach of the widest possible variety and quantity of food-- like taking them to a supermarket with no junk food (if we can imagine such a thing).-
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Just as it is important for teachers to use their agency to resist fidelity with corporate curriculum + embrace responsiveness to provide more authentic mathematical opportunities for kids across genres, modalities, purposes + audiences. #iTeachMath
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I think it's really important for teachers to use their agency to resist fidelity with corporate curriculum + embrace responsiveness to provide more authentic writing opportunities for kids across genres, modalities, purposes + audiences.
I think it's really important for teachers to use their agency to resist fidelity with corporate curriculum + embrace responsiveness to provide more authentic writing opportunities for kids across genres, modalities, purposes + audiences.
November 17, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Just as it is important for teachers to use their agency to resist fidelity with corporate curriculum + embrace responsiveness to provide more authentic mathematical opportunities for kids across genres, modalities, purposes + audiences. #iTeachMath
Great read!
“It is this spirit of explorative learning that creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson fears is not promoted enough in schools: “Our children and teachers are encouraged to follow routine algorithms rather than excite that power of imagination and curiosity.”” #edusky #iteachmath
“It is this spirit of explorative learning that creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson fears is not promoted enough in schools: “Our children and teachers are encouraged to follow routine algorithms rather than excite that power of imagination and curiosity.”” #edusky #iteachmath
Nice essay from an Australian teacher on why to stop posting learning goals/targets/outcomes on the board - a relic of behaviorism that ignores the key role of unpredictable (and also implicit) learning: https://melanieralph.com/2019/01/04/360/
November 13, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Great read!
“It is this spirit of explorative learning that creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson fears is not promoted enough in schools: “Our children and teachers are encouraged to follow routine algorithms rather than excite that power of imagination and curiosity.”” #edusky #iteachmath
“It is this spirit of explorative learning that creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson fears is not promoted enough in schools: “Our children and teachers are encouraged to follow routine algorithms rather than excite that power of imagination and curiosity.”” #edusky #iteachmath