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David K Butler
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Lecturer at Maths Learning Centre, Uni Adelaide (my views here). Grad Dip Ed & PhD Finite Geom. Love maths and helping people learn. he/him
That is fascinating! Both the idea of doing this research at all, and their discoveries. So I’m reading that when you’re stuck, it might help to look at things again you haven’t thought about for a while.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Anyway those are my thoughts. I hope they’re helpful.
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Finally, back to the observable actions, you can give him some sentence frames he can reuse. For example, “Can I ask why you wrote this here?”, “What do you mean by [something another student said]?”
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Perhaps one goal is for every student and him specifically to learn something about approaching problem-solving from another student. You can ask them to debrief at the end of the class to articulate what it is they learned. If he can’t say something, then he’s done the class wrong.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It’s clear to me the goal is NOT that, but what, specifically IS the goal? Because it’s hard to tell what to do or not do if you don’t know what the goal is.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
He may also need to be told very specifically what the purpose of the activity is. If it is for everyone to see the content or know a way to solve this specific problem, then teaching the other students is a course of action that seems helpful.
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Not to be rude, but you can’t go on vibes. Because he isn’t feeling the vibes. He needs things that are physically observable to know if he’s doing it right.
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Firstly, it is not clear to me, and definitely not clear to him, what “participate levelly” means. What does it look like? What does it sound like? What does it feel like? How can you tell when everyone in a group is participating levelly and when they are not?
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Ok, I have some thoughts. May take a moment to figure out how to articulate them.
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Wordle 1,606 6/6.

1: b b b b b …
2: b b Y b b …
3: b Y b Y b …
4: Y Y Y b b …
5: b G b Y G …
6: G G G G G …

Another excellent game, though I admit to needing help to think of the last word.
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
You know, maybe this is what I needed to hear today. Thank you.
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Wordle 1,605 6/6.

1: b b b b b …
2: b Y Y b b …
3: b G Y b b …
4: G G b b G …
5: G G b b G …
6: G G G G G …

What a satisfying game! Just the right amount of thought for each word and I got to play right up to the last word.
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A majority of the stories had a very cool mystery. Some of them were a bit boring or confusing to me (mainly when this was when there were English hundred-years-ago things I don’t care or know much about). In all of them, Father Brown was very cute and very clever.
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This quote from a Uni spokesperson in the article made me laugh: "These include bringing in additional staff resources, encouraging teams to reconsider non-essential activities, and providing staff with wellbeing supports and benefits."
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I myself am working on merger-related activities right now, on a Sunday, because there is no other time I can do it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Aww thank you.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM