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Their eyes were locked onto the formula on the board and riveted by the model we created at the beginning of class. As we progressed through the first period of the day, I was watching my students’ eyes. I was watching my students’ body language.
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Simmons, R. (2013). Looking Back on Teaching in Detroit. In: Kress, T.M., Lake, R. (eds) We Saved the Best for You. Imagination and Praxis, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-122-1_35
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