“If we want students to thrive in a data-rich world, they need opportunities to develop strong data habits: slowing down, thinking deeply, and constructing meaning,” @jennalaib.bsky.social writes. “One powerful way to do this is through a routine called slow reveal graphs.” 📊 #MathSky #ITeachMath

"Across contexts, cold call often created a culture of negativity, pulled time away from the main goal of the class, & didn’t do much to get kids paying attn." Read @dylanpkane.bsky.social on 4 alternatives to cold calling that "are underused, not too hard to learn, & less likely to backfire."

"Graphs & data visualizations are all around us—charting our steps, our election results, our favorite sports teams’ stats & trends ... If we want students to thrive in a data-rich world, they need opportunities to develop strong data habits: slowing down, thinking deeply & constructing meaning."

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"The slow reveal graphs routine both honors the complexity of data visualizations & creates accessible entry points for every learner. Because revision is expected & careful observation is valued, students focus less on being 'right' or 'wrong' & more on making sense of the data together."

I love Slow Reveal Graphs! I do them with data about mathematics education, and my research findings. They work WAY better for adults as well. #ITeachMath Hooray for @jennalaib.bsky.social

Finally! A citable writeup for @jennalaib.bsky.social! And, as linked in the article, there is the trove of examples freely available at: slowrevealgraphs.com #iTeachMath ♾️

I've been using these for over a decade and they are incredibly effective at building data literacy

I wrote up an experience using a slow reveal graph with a fourth grade class for Edutopia. ✨

New #SlowRevealGraph ChatGPT Use Dropped Off In Summer Months

I miss the twitter (educator) community we once had. Although there finally seems to be a critical mass of us here in the sky, it doesn't quite feel the same yet. Occasionally, I post something & it gets a lot of interaction, but more often than not, it feels like I'm posting into the void.

Slow Reveal is not just for graphs… have you tried it for test prep yet? Here’s any example. From my Top 10 Number Sense Routines video (part 2) - watch all the videos at info.berkeleyeverett.com/top10nsr #slowrevealgraph #iteachmath

My kids were hungry, so we stopped for an “emergency” snack before a long ride home. 7yo: Did you know these boxes of belvitas have 5 packages? And there’s 4 in each package? That’s… 4, 8… 9yo: it’s easier to count by 5s. 7yo: Yeah, but that wouldn’t make any sense. It’s five 4s, not four 5s!

A Wind Rose Comparison: Miami vs San Diego New data representation: a wind rose, comparing two coastal US cities

Playing around with arrangements of eggs in our carton makes me so nostalgic for golden age #MTBoS. 🥲

This is a great notice and wonder for some sort of high school current event class

From Farm to Fork to Footprint: Teaching Food Sustainability with Real Data Guest Blog by Matt Wilkins (from Galactic Polymath) How can we empower students as current and future changemakers to address the challenges of climate change? One way to make sense of and develop agency around issues like…

Share of Major Hurricanes Over Atlantic Rises A greater share of hurricanes over the Atlantic are becoming category 3+ storms.

Have foreign tourists really avoided America this year? (2025) Have foreign tourists really avoided America this summer? This graph from the Economist may look like a simple bar graph, but it asks the viewer to integrate ideas about both percentage change and also the actual change.

OTD 2019: I presented to close out "TMCNYC" (Twitter Math Camp NYC; not affiliated with the other TMC) on disrupting mathematics I don't use the corresponding hashtag, as it has roots in literacy with disrupt texts, but the content stands up well 6 years later imo! ↘️ docs.google.com/presentation...

[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related posts from this week: ontariomath.blogspot.com/2025/08/math... Links&help from @karencampe.bsky.social @mathsjem.bsky.social @mathequalslove.bsky.social @jennalaib.bsky.social @lpconnaughton.bsky.social &more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

New #SlowRevealGraph Share of US University Degrees Going To Women (1870 - 2020)

#mathart #fractionchat #howmany www.tumblr.com/mathhombre/7...

New #SlowRevealGraph Blog Post: Digging Into Data Sources A few years ago, I started citing not just the source of the graph, but the source of the data behind it. In this blog post, I explain why that's important, and how it can change our interpretation of the graph.

Updated this slide deck! (graph is updated to include that it's CPI-adjusted, and there are added graphs from the NOAA/NCEI website that provide additional nuance. Fascinating. Thanks to @scottfarrar.bsky.social :)

Days Between Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters in the US Days Between Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters in the USgraph by Climate Central; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Climate Central, “U.S.…

"Slow reveal" method of teaching graphs - [Image - Silhouette of extended hands in front of an out-of-focus screen of a bar graph. These hands aren't as creepy as in the image I posted yesterday]

[New Post] Ontario Math Links-My favourite #math related links from this week: ontariomath.blogspot.com/2025/07/math... Links & help from @jennalaib.bsky.social @howiehua.bsky.social @kurt-salisbury.bsky.social @dwekselgreene.bsky.social @theericklee.bsky.social & more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

Immigrants’ Big Share of Nobel Prizes in the Sciences Immigrants' Big Share of Nobel Prizes in the Sciencesgraph by Katharina Buchholz/Statista; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Buchholz,…

Did the Dog vs People Names scatter plot today with a room full of k-12 computer science teachers, and WOW, the discussion we had! 🤓 #slowrevealgraphs

Cost per pound of vehicles compared with per pound of types of cheese Cost (in USD $) per pound of Vehicles compared with per pound of Types of Cheesegraph by Andrew McCalip/Norma Gordon; slow reveal by Norma Gordon (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar…

New #SlowRevealGraph Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes

Which states have Americans visited? Which states have American visited?graph by David H. Montgomery/YouGov; slow reveal by Jeremy Knight (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: choropleth map, bar graph Visualization Source: Montgomery, David H. "Which states…

Today, the 8th graders at my school shared their civics action projects in a beautiful showcase. Their topics varied greatly: climate change, immigration, artist compensation from streaming services, health and health issues, etc. 1/🧵

New #SlowRevealGraph US Shipping Exports Slump (January - April 2025)

How reliable is the US weather temperature forecast? Didn't know that about Florida.

#MatEdu #AulasParaPensar #ThinkingClassRoom Revelado lento De que trata? 🤔💭 @jennalaib 😍 (nunha semana estamos de volta 💪🏻 matemáticas) slowrevealgraphs.com/tag/en-espanol/

Some thoughts from @NatBanting.bsky.social about what the "basics" of math are at the @OAMElearns #OAME2025 conference #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week: ontariomath.blogspot.com/2025/05/math... links and help from @jennalaib.bsky.social @edutopia.org @howiehua.bsky.social @duanehabecker.com and more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

New #SlowRevealGraph Best Selling Books in History (Internationally) slowrevealgraphs.com/2025/05/25/b... This one is great for estimating values, wrestling with large numbers, and place value (millions --> billions).

New #SlowRevealGraph Best Selling Books in History -- Internationally

The art teacher at my school is phenomenal. This week alone, she put up two beautifully mathy displays. Here we have some Escher-inspired 3D cubes.

The US will stop producing the penny! Some slow reveal graphs, in tribute: slowrevealgraphs.com?s=coins

open chart, keep scrolling down www.gelliottmorris.com/p/republican...

How many sides does a circle have? An INside and an OUT side!

Calling all math teachers! Registration is now open for the 2025 ATMNE Conference in Massachusetts October 30-31st! Click the link below. #ITeachMath #MTBoS #ElemMathChat @atmnemath.bsky.social atmim.wildapricot.org/event-5937758

New #SlowRevealGraph How Heterosexual Couples Meet in the US

Shoutout to @jennalaib.bsky.social and #SlowRevealGraphs. I'm heading into my data unit with my 6th graders and am looking forward to using some of her amazing activities with them! #MTBoS #ITeachMath

She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!

New blog post: 239th Carnival of Mathematics! Recapping math/maths/mathEd content from April. #MTBoS #iTeachMath #MathSky #MathChat #RecreationalMath #MathsToday karendcampe.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/c...