Laura Staple

🦞Educating Lobsters blogger 🦞 Mathematics educator and trainee counsellor in mental health

[Laura Staple @stapeslr]

Being part of #EEConQuest by #Empathetic_Educators with @naomi_toland @mindfulmissg was an absolute treat!

Loved being able to connect & talk about #eduwellbeing #mentalhealth

🎥 Watch it here..
https://t.co/W827o0OIVi

📖 Or read my latest blog https://t.co/HWNFwi0DU0

[Laura Staple @stapeslr]

This post resonates so much rn.

After a year or so off from education. Stepping back into the classroom - I’m so conscious of the privilege it is to work with young people.

Those 💡moments are the best!

[George Couros @gcouros]

"That kind of community doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when school leaders are intentional about inviting others in, sharing ownership, and building a culture rooted in respect and belonging." Dr. Rachel Edoho-Eket, #ForwardTogether

Forever Their Teacher - https://t.co/Erp6FByUy8

[Tim Brzezinski @TimBrzezinski]

True meaning of π: https://t.co/d6676ypne0 @geogebra #MTBoS #ITeachMath #geometry

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

This is a mathematics joke.

[Robert Kaplinsky @robertkaplinsky]

Algebra 1 teachers! I've made @openmiddle Depth of Knowledge matrices to show how a single problem can replace an entire worksheet in Algebra 1. Download it now here: https://t.co/HcniOW9lmm #iteachmath

[Laura Staple @stapeslr]

Love this. I’d maybe add in after notice, try to fit something mathematical I already know before use relationships bit.

Love it 🫶🫶🫶

[Pam Harris @pwharris]

Anyone want to chime in on this graphic that is intended to show how one might "learn" math on your own? Think about mathy people wandering around the world before (much) formal education existed.....
@ProfSmudge @watanabeKSU @pippinsboss @kennedy_tierney @dmarain @SmartJacques

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

Math.

A mathematician emerges from a cave, hands you the the slip of paper below, and says "Is it true that a dart thrown at the real number line would never hit a rational number?" What is your response?

[Laura Staple @stapeslr]

@jshmtn For me yeah… I’d do log base root 7 of both sides first. Then you get root(24-root(x))=4 🫶👍

[Laura Staple @stapeslr]

Love a cheeky little maths puzzle to get thinking 🧠 going…

Exponents and logs are definitely properly challenging my 12s atm!

#everyonecansmashmaths

[SKG @sonukg4india]

#Puzzled

[SKG @sonukg4india]

#Puzzled

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

Do you know why a negative divided by a positive equals a negative? If not, find out in 30 seconds.

[Laura Staple @stapeslr]

Absolutely fascinating thread. Thanks @C_Hendrick

The world of pedagogy is full of false dichotomies, no absolutes and it’s beautifully confusing!!! Probably the reason I love it.. you are never done knowing how to teach!

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

A thread summarising my talk at #rED23 yesterday on the challenges of applying the science of learning in the classroom 🧵

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

As far back as the 1890s William James cautioned against thinking you can apply the principles of psychology straight into the classroom. However, without an understanding of how the brain learns, planning instruction is suboptimal. I think these two positions encapsulate the interstitial point in which we find ourselves.

[Teacher2Teacher @teacher2teacher]

What's your favorite T move? 💃

(Idea via educator @Principal_PeteJ) #TeacherLife

[Thomas Berriman @TBerriman]

The three types of empathy are all important in their own ways. #empathy #LeadershipDevelopment

[Laura Staple @stapeslr]

@JTStaffsRSch @MaryMyatt @johntomsett @JonnyUttley @gcouros

[Staffordshire Research School @ John Taylor @JTStaffsRSch]

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[Laura Staple @stapeslr]

Absolutely love this blog post.. I think #1 is so common amongst Maths teachers as so much teaching of Maths used to be mimicking and not thinking!

You’re so right that we tend to see all the shiny stuff on social media.

Thank you for sharing @robertkaplinsky

[Robert Kaplinsky @robertkaplinsky]

A big problem in education is that teachers keep their insecurities to themselves for fear of being judged. I wish it wasn't that way. So, I wrote a list of my 10 biggest educator insecurities and hope it'll make it easier to talk about.
https://t.co/lMYLTshIIB #iteachmath

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Important reminder! 🙌
🌐 https://t.co/leSsDUnQAd

[Teacher2Teacher @teacher2teacher]

T @RBMSCarty uses these sentence stems to kick-start robust classroom discussions!

What's one conversation starter you might add to the list?

[Laura Staple @stapeslr]

Love this - definitely a technique I’m going to start next week thank you @tbmb62997 🫶🫶🫶

[Linda Bortnick, EdD @lbmb62997]

@NCTM Start by asking for a definitely wrong answer. Kids love coming up with nonsense answers and it sometimes helps with buy-in to the actual problem. Kids who struggle in math are so used to getting wrong answers sometimes starting with this helps them relax.