Temple's Tidbits
Ada, Ohio, United States
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I started teaching in the 1996-1997 school year at a rural school in east central Ohio. While there, I taught business math, elementary algebra 1 & 2, and geometry. I came to my current school in the 1999-2000, started with calculus, pre-calc, trigonometry and algebra 1. over the years I've changed the math classes I've taught, even threw in a few middle school reading classes along the way. Math is my absolute favorite. I currently teach geometry, integrated 3, and algebra 3. No matter what I've been teaching, I've loved it.
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Trigonometry Flash Cards? Nope, not us. We use the Unit Wheel!
Wanted to make flash cards for the exact values of the trig functions and the needed formulas, but once I sat down to get started... it seemed a bit overwhelming. So many different formulas, so many different directions to know the information in. I came up with a very basic design first and over the years it's turned into quite the information toting little resource. Several of my former students have said how helpful it was in college, students who didn't have me for class wanted one, and a
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Geometry, Other (Math), PreCalculus
Unit Circle Decoded
So many times I hear from students that they memorized the unit circle, it's radian & exact values at each special angle measure, much like I did when I was in school. If we had only known.... It's so much easier to remember when you can put it together with something simple like the order of some fractions between 0 and 2 or the order of some square roots between 0 and 1.
I've used this with my own students and with students I tutor. Once they make the connections laid out in this sheet, it's
9th - 12th
Geometry, Other (Math)
CCSS
HSG-SRT.C.8
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Experience
I started teaching in the 1996-1997 school year at a rural school in east central Ohio. While there, I taught business math, elementary algebra 1 & 2, and geometry. I came to my current school in the 1999-2000, started with calculus, pre-calc, trigonometry and algebra 1. over the years I've changed the math classes I've taught, even threw in a few middle school reading classes along the way. Math is my absolute favorite. I currently teach geometry, integrated 3, and algebra 3. No matter what I've been teaching, I've loved it.
Teaching style
I started in the era of lecture and example. I wish I could say that I've got the project performance thing completed nailed, but I don't. I keep trying, but I'm never quite satisfied with my work so I'm always try to improve on it.
Awards & shining teacher moments
None of my honors/awards came with evidence, really. I was asked by the senior class of 2007 to be the graduation speaker, I am facebook friends with a lot of my former students who still ask me for help now and then, Had the privilege of working with some of the best math educators in the country through a local college.
My own education history
Ohio Northern University, Wright State Lake Campus, Bluffton University
Additional biographical information
I'm the biggest math nerd I know ;) absolutely love a challenging problem!
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