It quickly becomes clear that Shaw lives what he feels and brings his exuberance directly into his classroom. He insists, “Math is fun! There are lots of visuals, colors, variables!” He wants to get across to his students that it’s in this place, the classroom, that learning takes place. “You’re here to learn during the hour I have you,” he says to them, “and it’s my job to help you understand what you need to know while you’re here.”
He explains that homework is not the place to learn, but only to reinforce what’s already been taught in class.
He has put up a website for his students called “Block Island Wiki,” on which he posts everything relevant to his classes — for example, a weekly syllabus (although he also makes hard copies to hand out). He’s planning to make it available for parents as well. He also puts up illustrated lessons and practice sheets, enhanced by proofs and diagrams he’s either entered by hand or found online and transposed.
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