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Maggie Maiville

May 4, 20232 min read

Math and Technology Final Project

For my final project of all of grad school, I decided to do an exploration of derivatives. I never felt comfortable tutoring calculus, so...

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Maggie Maiville

Apr 12, 20233 min read

Statistics, you are tricky

In 2013, a student I had been working with for years took statistics for her senior math class. I told her I would try to help her in the...

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Maggie Maiville

Mar 19, 20233 min read

So... turns out he died

I got into a discussion on Reddit the other day. The discussion (inspired by the comic below) was about how girls get driven away from...

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Maggie Maiville

Mar 11, 20232 min read

A One-Branch Factoring Tree

Part of why I chose factoring for my semester topic is because there are so many ways it is used in high school math. In the previous...

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Maggie Maiville

Feb 28, 20233 min read

Interview with a crafter: exploring creativity (from CEP818)

I interviewed my friend from undergrad, Haley Pierson-Cox. She is a former craft blogger (craft blogging has gone somewhat out of style),...

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Maggie Maiville

Feb 15, 20232 min read

MSU Shooting

There was a shooting on the campus of my school, Michigan State University, two nights ago. I spent a lot of yesterday crying, even...

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Maggie Maiville

Feb 12, 20231 min read

Life Challenges

I had to take my cat to the emergency vet this week. I was out of town and Snapdragon threw a temper tantrum about me being gone. I told...

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Maggie Maiville

Feb 9, 20232 min read

Pedagogical Challenges of Being a Tutor - From Learning Mathematics with Technology (CEP 805)

My best friend and I used to do close reading of Harry Potter together and we would say, “Helga Hufflepuff had the best pedagogy.” I want...

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