About Mr. E.
Dedicated to helping teachers make the “Shift” to teaching math for conceptual understanding!
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About Mr. E.
I started my teaching journey in Houston, Texas in August 2008 during the height of high-stakes testing. I tried to bring “real-world context” into my teaching but there never seemed to be enough time. It was all about “getting those scores up.”
Fast forward to November 2020 and I’m offered a position to teach IB MYP in Beijing, China. I need to make the “shift” from traditional to inquiry-based in a hurry!
They trained me, I retrained myself…
What is Concept-Based Math?
I started to do my research of IB MYP immediately. I even paid for an introductory MYP Math Course in January 2021. But IB and concept-based math still remained a mystery.
This website is a chronical of my journey to “retrain myself” so that I can shift to teaching math for conceptual understanding. My hope is that it helps other teachers who are struggling to make the shift as well.
I wish you the best on your journey.
“What is Concept-Based Math?
An interview with Dr. Jennifer Chang-Wathall, author of “Concept-Based Mathematics: Teaching for Deep Understanding in Secondary Classrooms”