Reddy's Resources

Reddy's Resources

Curriculum Materials:

• Algebra I
• Geometry
• Algebra II
• Pre-Calculus

Mr. Reddy's Mathematics Recordings:

• (MR)²
  • Links to video tutorials of various high school mathematics concepts/lessons. These videos contain brief overviews of the essential information, including solutions to many different examples of the concepts put into practice. There are also practice problems at the end of the recordings for the viewer to complete on their own and then playback the recording for the appropriate solutions.

Presentations:

• From Flicker to Flame: Igniting a Student’s Interaction with Content through Empowerment, EduCon 2.1 - Sunday, January 25, 2009
  • Session Facilitator(s): Sunil Reddy Affiliation: Science Leadership Academy
  • “I don’t get this!” It’s something that teachers hear far too often from our students that unfortunately leads to despondence, apathy, or a mitigation of effort. Hopefully we are also witnesses to occasional light-bulb moments, a spark in a pupil’s eyes that signals achieved learning. The trick to increasing the frequency of the latter, drawing students in to any subject or lesson, is to invite them into a discussion from which they ordinarily feel excluded. We tell students math is cyclic in nature, that topics build on themselves and form a spiral staircase of knowledge, but often we settle for teaching students “age-appropriate content.” We tell them they need to wait to learn something more advanced and settle with “age-appropriate content.” A student must feel empowered with content in order to desire for themselves greater understanding and continued interest. With proper design, a good math teacher can follow a subject specific scope and sequence while also incorporating enough related content from other advanced areas of mathematics to make a student feel like a master of the trade. The goal is not for a pupil to feel like an Algebra or Geometry student but rather that they self-identify as a math student.In this session we will discuss ways to empower students in a math classroom by exposing them to “tricks of the trade.” We will also examine pitfalls in this strategy of teaching and how you can avoid them. Samples of student work will be shared and discussed and we will conclude with a conversation about how this strategy of teaching can extend outside of the math classroom.