Dr. Christian Klaue

Principal, Educator, Pastor, Husband, Father, Learner, Professor

[Dr. Christian Klaue @Cklaue]

@Math_NateW @acsiwc You nailed it! @acsiwc

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@Math_NateW @teacher2teacher That is often a great strategy as you can then challenge the students to see if they can catch you making a mistake.

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@korytellers My reading dropped a bit in quantity of titles read because the page count increased dramatically from K to 12. However, I still read a considerable amount monthly.

[Steve Hare @sharemath]

One morning a number of years ago, I forgot to erase a completed problem on the whiteboard from the previous math class before my next group of 7th graders came in. To my surprise, instead of barreling in loudly as usual, the new class glanced at the left-over problem and quietly took their seats, evidently thinking this was a continuation of the “silent teaching” strategy I had been using with them recently. “I get this!” one of the students suddenly exclaimed, and others soon followed suit. A follow-up practice problem proved that they indeed 𝘥𝘪𝘥 get it - without me even saying a word.

I had accidentally discovered the power of pre-worked examples.

I had been working through examples with my students for a number of years by this point, both with commentary and silently, and I thought I had taken John Sweller’s concept of 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 as far as it could go. In an instant I found I had merely been scratching the surface; it had never occurred to me that the students could and would work through the examples on their own.

In the years since that day, I’ve incorporated pre-worked examples into practically everything I do as a math teacher - from classroom instruction to the creation of the 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘠𝘰𝘶 book series - and I’ve had plenty of opportunities to reflect on what makes them so powerful and useful. Here are some of my conclusions:

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@CraigCameronWV @vancouver_segal Do BC residents get Carbon tax rebates?

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@davidwees It was https://t.co/4qx8j2w5mR. Another math person posted a link to that. Thanks for sharing your resources. I've had a short look at it and it will take more time to explore it.

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@davidwees You shared a math resource recently. The website had a url that included something like youmath. Could you share that link again?

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@CraigCameronWV @BradWestPoCo But federal carbon tax is not remitted to BC. There should be much more transparency. That would make some things much more palatable.

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@CraigCameronWV @BradWestPoCo I did get a fuel efficient car and a fuel efficient truck (for towing my camper). I just don't see any benefit from the government practice of collecting carbon tax when I have not seen the government use any tax money well. Government waste is a huge factor in this.

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@CraigCameronWV @BradWestPoCo Then, EVs cost more and contribute to much more pollution in their construction than ICEs.

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@CraigCameronWV @BradWestPoCo There is no way that an electric vehicle makes sense for me. I have an older home with 100 A service. My neighbor just upgraded his service for an electric car and paid over $20,000 for the upgrade. That doesn't make sense to me.

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@CraigCameronWV @BradWestPoCo I wonder why people make the choice to buy the vehicles they do? Rather than trying to force people to make the 'right' decision, find out what their reasoning is.

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@GeogNateW Exciting to hear. It's always good to hear of students getting excited about what they are learning.

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@CraigCameronWV @Occulta_Veritas If you talk to people in the forestry industry, they will point to BCs forestry policies as the main culprit for these fires. Eg., forestry companies were not allowed to log beetle-killed trees. What does one think will happen with swathes of dead trees?

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@gthielmann One of my favourite places. Did you visit the museum of crime and punishment?

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@Jarrett_Lerner Most of the early Gordon Korman, such as I Want to Go Home, The Twinkie Squad, No Coins Please.

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@birklearns Have you been able to find out anything?

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@LondonHatch Harry Ironside, David Gooding, William Kelly.

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@sarahlovesmaths @davidwees You do in German.