CUNY Academic Commons | Asya Shpiro | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/ashpiro/activity/ Activity feed for Asya Shpiro. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 ef911e1af58044584a6d439af4af280d Asya Shpiro commented on the post, Analysis of a Calculus Test - Part 2, on the site CUNYMath Blog http://cunymathblog.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/16/analysis-of-a-calculus-test-part-2/#comment-236 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:02:43 -0400 In my experience, one of the reasons students may be getting low score on the question to calculate a derivative using definition is the “heavy” algebra involved. Subtracting rational expressions, and then […]

]]> 6ba601ef07d4d9c2c035a06b830056ce Asya Shpiro commented on the post, MoMath with Professor Frank Wang, on the site CUNYMath Blog http://cunymathblog.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/01/momath-with-professor-frank-wang/#comment-198 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:05:17 -0400 I’ve been to MoMath with my daughter and her friends, in mid-February.

They liked it, sure. There were not that many “problem-solving in progress” issues, just one or two. As far as I know, the organizers […]

]]> 4fed2d0d43748e3e8cac1bb7a02d6f44 Asya Shpiro commented on the post, Some problems with Standardized Tests problems, on the site CUNYMath Blog http://cunymathblog.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/05/01/some-problems-with-standardized-tests-problems/#comment-151 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:22:58 -0400 Professor Ocken,

I have been wondering the same thing as well. Since CUNY educates the majority of NYC high school graduates, it would be natural for the faculty to have some input into what the NYC students […]

]]> 42a8c906244b24959091a0005c3e70dd Asya Shpiro wrote a new post on the site CUNYMath Blog http://cunymathblog.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/05/16/thinking-ahead/ Wed, 16 May 2012 13:09:05 -0400 At the end of her Kindergarten year, my daughter’s teacher decided to introduce the concept of dimensions to the students. She explained the difference between the three-dimensional objects, like a piece of fruit, […]

]]> d545d25ad814b828a42815cfc1539499 Asya Shpiro wrote a new post on the site CUNYMath Blog http://cunymathblog.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/05/08/how-do-you-teach-understanding/ Tue, 08 May 2012 14:43:44 -0400 In music, when someone learns to play an instrument, it’s very important to learn what the proper position for the hands is (When playing the piano, for example, your wrist is not supposed to be very low or very […]

]]> 8bb34264910ece6cf2d474e70e2f4861 Asya Shpiro commented on the post, Some problems with Standardized Tests problems, on the site CUNYMath Blog http://cunymathblog.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/05/01/some-problems-with-standardized-tests-problems/#comment-60 Fri, 04 May 2012 14:44:07 -0400 Jonas,

The most cynical of the answers would be that out students are NOT MEANT to think… Quite a few of the commenters to the posts regarding testing on NYTimes SchoolBook and Insideschools websites (these […]

]]> a6dd7704e6dfc46822858d8a4b8002ad Asya Shpiro changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/71811/ Wed, 02 May 2012 17:30:51 -0400 eaac0dbce359fbe0036deedf93ba1b7a Asya Shpiro changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/71810/ Wed, 02 May 2012 17:30:17 -0400 9c529966df0e2e422350f3adde7b7809 Asya Shpiro wrote a new post on the site CUNYMath Blog http://cunymathblog.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/05/01/some-problems-with-standardized-tests-problems/ Tue, 01 May 2012 21:12:21 -0400 ThumbnailThe Standardized Test season is finally over for us, NYC public school students and parents. I don’t really want to discuss the pros and cons of the standardized tests here, but, rather, show the two math problems […]

]]> 518d0fe2eab2e52ee68a9d4087a99fd5 Asya Shpiro joined the group Improving Math Learning https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/34526/ Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:35:40 -0400 bca7bbbd5123603ba21fa80a09f81cec Asya Shpiro became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/7967/ Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:20:23 -0500 Asya Shpiro became a registered member 16 years, 5 months ago

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