Derek Jariah

He/Him.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

Justice for Breonna Taylor https://t.co/hFCGgJpElk

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

Moving to Minneapolis!

[Robert Kaplinsky @robertkaplinsky]

I think we spend too much time teaching skills that are instantly useless because of technology. I wonder what might happen if we still taught number sense but didn't teach the procedures that a calculator can do.

https://t.co/wCcZltaBcw

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@andrewcuomo New Yorkers said “no”, but since when have you taken that for an answer?

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

@andrewcuomo https://t.co/ooNzX0rccz

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@megigogi Two degrees, two jobs, a bunch of extra-curricular work, and 13 years teaching and I do not make $60k. Teachers without their masters and less than 15 years experience often make somewhere between 30-40k, depending on location.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@untilnextstop If you find a kind and effective way to do this, let me know. I have enough trouble as a math teacher explaining this to my own math department.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@HannahPosted What do you use? We need something that’s easy to run and takes next to zero teacher upkeep.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@MrJ_Maths They might not use it — the point is to become better thinkers, which is something they’ll always need no matter where life takes them, which can be unexpected. Which means if what we’re doing doesn’t make them better thinkers, we need to reevaluate why we teach it.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@ToddTruitt76508 I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts— not sure if twitter’s good for that. I’m always wondering if what I’m doing is best.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@ToddTruitt76508 Thanks for the great article.

I think puzzles, designed well, seem to fit his ideas. How you use them matters: building conjectures, proofs, number theory, are all puzzly. What they spend time thinking about matters.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@0aRmathteacher Doing puzzles make kids good at...puzzles. Critical thinking skills are domain specific (there are not general critical thinking skills). Adding a dash of math to a puzzle doesn't transform it into math. https://t.co/gVpAXQ1zDU

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@ToddTruitt76508 I’m fact, that’s one of the core tenets that made me so excited about finding this series: learning to be better problem solvers by solving problems.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@ToddTruitt76508 I use the AoPS books in a Socraticish method. Each problem has a “snag” to it that catches students — & is what they’re intended to learn from the problem. Some begin w/ “in this problem we…” indicating explicit, but most are problems that teach you how to solve them by doing.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@Dean_of_math @smarterparrot Because we don’t describe them for what they are: division for lazy people. What joy there would be if we told them that they could avoid the division algorithm altogether if they just understood that “6 divided by 13” is simply 6/13.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@MathTechCoach The danger is “we’ll get to the conceptual stuff later”, & then never do. It’s the same logic as avoiding the def. of a limit/derivative & skipping straight to the power rule. Testing drives curriculum drives pedagogy, & ultimately, memorizing is better for standardized tests.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@CovingtonEDU SM is a multi-billion $ industry w/ constant access to kids w/o much FCC regulation on advert strategies — like making the experience akin to gambling & other addictive habits. In some cases, that’s literally what it is. We are arrogant/naive if we think we can just out-teach it.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@Trianglemancsd FOIL instead of just distributing.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

@mags_mclaugh There is a list of bands that I refused to listen to for the same reason, and now really enjoy:
Snarky Puppy
Arctic Monkeys
The Beach Boys
The Front Bottoms
The Goo Goo Dolls
Juice WRLD
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

So go for it.

[Derek Jariah @0aRmathteacher]

I felt the same way. Eventually I really dug into it and made a video about it. I was tired of “teaching” something I didn’t really understand.

https://t.co/sohVUyIslC

[🎊 Jenna Cruz 🎊 @Mrs_Meowmerz]

Joking but seriously, how soon am I going to be in trouble for having no idea what this means? We covered it one time on one day of calculus I. It gives me anxiety. #math #futuremathematician