DiffiMath
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
About the store
I have taught for five years in the public sector and 2 years in the private sector in Missouri. Before this, I worked for a well-known educational technology company, where I created math formative and summative items that fit the state standards of all 50 states.
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Beginning of the School Year Pretest_Activity - AP Calculus
Need something to kick off the school year? This activity is an "escape the room" that serves as a pretest so that you can gauge your AP Calculus students' prior knowledge. This activity usually spans 2-3 class periods. At the end of the activity, the students get a passcode which I used to let them unlock my cell phone which has a message displayed that tells them the location of their prize.
11th - 12th, Higher Education
Calculus, Math
Properties of Complex Numbers Activity
This is a very mathy activity where advanced students get to learn the formal proof process for showing parts of the closure of the set of complex numbers with respect to addition and multiplication. This is only for an advanced class and is meant as a challenge to get them to think of math as a language of understanding and not just the applications of numerical values.
10th - 12th
Algebra 2, Calculus, PreCalculus
CCSS
HSN-CN.A.2
Properties of Complex Numbers Pretest_Posttest
Complex numbers are a fascinating topic to me, but my students get way too hung up on the term "imaginary". Use this pre and posttest to show how your students went from zero knowledge of this topic to heroes of the topic.
10th - 12th
Algebra 2, Calculus, PreCalculus
CCSS
HSN-CN.A.2
Determine average rate of change for functions Pretest_Posttest
Cut this into four separate pieces. Each student has ten minutes to complete as a pretest for this topic. Then, later on in the unit do the same thing to measure growth.
10th - 12th
Algebra 2, Calculus, PreCalculus
CCSS
HSF-IF.B.6
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About the store
Experience
I have taught for five years in the public sector and 2 years in the private sector in Missouri. Before this, I worked for a well-known educational technology company, where I created math formative and summative items that fit the state standards of all 50 states.
Teaching style
In my classroom, I take a constructivist approach allowing my students to facilitate the learning. My job is to create the activities to keep them topical and guide them along a path of success. I am a staunch practitioner of a thinking classroom where my students spend the majority of the time collaborating around the solution of a problem up at the boards around my classroom. To outsiders, if might be chaos. We just call it learning.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Teacher of the Month x4 (eligible each year, won each year)
My own education history
I attended Southeast Missouri State University to earn a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education - Mathematics and a Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics. My passion for math led me to attend grad school at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and earn my Master's in Mathematics.
I have over 80 hours of training when it comes to working with students with autism, ESOL, and high risk students.
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