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Dylan Kane

@dylanpkane.bsky.social
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teaching, math, teaching math

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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Some classroom management thoughts: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/get-studen...
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Get Students Thinking, Consequences Edition
We learn what we think about
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
"Just Enough" word problems: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/just-enoug...
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"Just Enough" Sets of Word Problems
Students learn what they think about
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
A little theory fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/a-little-t...
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A Little Theory
Quick thoughts on adult learning vs student learning
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
A fun problem: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/a-fun-prob...
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A Fun Problem
You can do a lot with a piece of paper
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The motivation fractal: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/the-motiva...
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The Motivation Fractal
Success leads to motivation
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Do Nows fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/dos-and-do...
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Dos and Don'ts of Do Nows
Don't do too much...now
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Patience: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/patience-59b
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Patience
The joys of middle school
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Videogamification of learning: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/videogamif...
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Videogamification of Learning
The costs of learning from a screen
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Break it down: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/break-it-d...
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Break It Down
An example
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A rant about the factory model of education: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/dont-talk-...
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Don't Talk to Me About the Factory Model of Education
And a bit of a rant about lazy thinking in education
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
A post on preteaching: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/the-power-...
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The Power of Preteaching
Don't play catch-up, preteach instead
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
A nice worksheet: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/a-nice-wor...
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A Nice Worksheet
My annual-ish post where I argue that giving students pieces of paper with math problems on them is good
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Soulless teaching: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/soulless-t...
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Soulless Teaching
What it is and where it comes from
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Reflecting on explorations in math place, and something called the Rosenthal Prize: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/exploratio...
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Explorations in Math Class
Quality over quantity
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
The curriculum fidelity fad: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/the-curric...
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The Curriculum Fidelity Fad
What it is and how it will end
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The boogeyman fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/the-boogey...
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The Boogeyman
Things that are hard to talk about
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
New post: conceptual understanding doesn't happen all at once. fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/conceptual... #iteachmath #mtbos #edusky
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Conceptual Understanding Doesn't Happen All At Once
It happens slowly, in bits and pieces
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I sometimes hear people say we shouldn't be teaching students to be human calculator. In your opinion, which should a student be able to solve without a calculator at the end of 8th grade? 3 x 4 32 + 19 100 - 11 18 x 7 83 x 14 1268/4 50% of 18 8% of $40 14.50 - 3.75 3.95 x 15 -5 + 3 12 x -2 Why?
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
What is a good, concise, student-friendly definition of "integers"? #mtbos #iteachmath
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Hemingway and negative numbers: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/hemingway-... #mtbos #iteachmath #edusky
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Hemingway and Negative Numbers
Experience and learning
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I've been thinking a lot about this quote from Ausubel: "The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly." It connects to the idea that learning is "sticky," learning is easiest when we already know a bit about a topic
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
New blog about how I think tying every little piece of a class to a lesson objective often isn't a good idea. fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/lesson-obj... #iteachmath #mtbos #edusky
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Lesson Objectives Are Overrated
Not everything has to be tied to the day's goal
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
New post from me on the expertise reversal effect and why I don't find it very helpful: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/a-critique... #mtbos #iteachmath #edusky
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A Critique of the Expertise Reversal Effect
Or, why experts vs novices isn't a helpful distinction
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Dylan Kane @dylanpkane.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Google Classroom changed the formatting of their calendar and I am scheduling assignments for after Thanksgiving break and I keep clicking from 2024 to 2025 rather than November to December and it is driving me absolutely crazy
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