After nearly 6 years in the role of Director of Secondary Math Education for the state of Oklahoma, my journey is taking me in a
Author: Levi Patrick
I serve as the Director of Secondary Mathematics for the Oklahoma State Department of Education. This is my twelfth year in education and I am so happy to be surrounded by OKMath teachers who are so passionate, creative, and determined to do great things for mathematics education in Oklahoma.
Don’t Underestimate Unit 0
With the year underway, we’re trying something new in Oklahoma that I think you should know about. For each and every grade level covered by
Our Units Keep Getting Better
By now, you’ve hopefully seen the wonderful work of the OKMath Framework. I bragged about it here and made a little intro video about it
Course Codes Guidance Released
In an effort to streamline subject codes and provide stronger guidance to districts, the Oklahoma State Department of Education will be making a few subject
ARCHIVE: Call for Applicants: State Assessment Standard Setting
OK State Dept of Ed sent this bulletin at 03/07/2017 03:43 PM CST Dear District Test Coordinators and Administrators, Now accepting applications for the Oklahoma
RME Part 3 – The USA Asked It
[successbox]This series of posts are excerpted from a long ago essay I wrote about Realistic Mathematics Education during my master’s work at the University of
ARCHIVE: Feb 6 – Navajo Math Circles
[successbox]Originally posted at http://tmtc.utulsa.edu. [/successbox] Free Screening “Navajo Math Circles” – Circle Cinema – Monday, February 6, 2017 | 6:30 p.m. [scbutton link=”http://tmtc.utulsa.edu/pdfs/NavajoMathCirclesOutreachFlyer.pdf” target=”blank” variation=”sea_blue”
RME Part 2 – The Dutch Asked It
[successbox]This series of posts are excerpted from a long ago essay I wrote about Realistic Mathematics Education during my master’s work at the University of
RME Part 1 – You’ve Asked It
[successbox]This series of posts are excerpted from a long ago essay I wrote about Realistic Mathematics Education during my master’s work at the University of
ARCHIVE: Collaborating to Build Fraction Sense
Ever felt like teaching fractions to students is basically the worst? I consistently meet teachers of all grades who have had pretty terrible experiences with
#15 OKMath Framework Introduction
December 19, 2016 With the adoption of the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics (OAS-M) in the spring of 2016, it has been the priority of
ARCHIVE: Debates About Order of Operations
If I never have to argue about Order of Operations again, it’ll be too soon. A real question: 6/2(1+2) … is the answer 3 or 9?
The OKMath Framework Released
A couple weeks ago, I announced the new Oklahoma Test and Item Specification release for mathematics grades 3-8 and 10. Then I told you not
What is Equity?
Okay. I’m at a conference thinking A LOT about RtI, special ed, and equity. So, I’ve got a couple questions that I’d love you too
Turning It Up: A Framework for STEM Education (updated with presentation)
Tiffany Neill and Levi Patrick Problems Understanding and Defining STEM Google “STEM activity” and you’ll see towers, bridges, and a lot of projects that use