As of this summer, the summer of 2012, I am qualified to teach mathematics at the high school level in the state of Michigan. I am expecting to be doing so full-time this fall. I am also qualified to teach English, but so far my major focus has been on mathematics, and that’s also the focus…
Category: Pedagogy
“Yeah, I know that.”
This morning, I was directed to an online vocabulary test that claimed to be able to estimate one’s vocabulary. I did take the test, but I also spotted several problems with it: It’s self-selecting. That means that people who value high vocabularies are more likely to take it, and are more likely to pass it…