Monthly Archives: July 2017

Convergent or Divergent Problem Solving? – Jules Bonin-Ducharme

As a teacher, should you converge to a single solution at the end of a lesson or diverge to different thinking with each student? Is an open-middle a better approach to an open-ended type problem? Through activities, you will be able to compare differences and similarities between both strategies.
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This presentation was recorded on Jun 6, 2017

Mathematical Modeling in School Mathematics: It’s about Knowing the Givens and the Chosens – Rose Mary Zbiek

Even if we give students the very best mathematical modeling problems, we are not necessarily teaching students to be good mathematical modelers. Mathematical modeling requires making choices, and teaching mathematical modeling requires knowing the choices to be made and teaching students how to be, well, choosy. We will make explicit the little and not so little things we can do every day to help students learn how to make choices that matter when modeling.
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This presentation was recorded on Jun 6, 2017

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Targeting Math Discussions – Christine Newell

Number talks are powerful tools for building students’ mathematical thinking, fluency and discourse, but there’s more to them than just show and tell. Leverage your talks: analyze and use student strategies shared during number talks to plan and lead targeted follow-up discussions that reengage students in their mathematical thinking.
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This presentation was recorded on May 5, 2017

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Research-based Strategies that Build Procedural Fluency – Jenny Bay-Williams

Procedural fluency is more than knowing facts and performing algorithms well! Recent research provides excellent insights into what we can do in our teaching to build procedural fluency (and conceptual understanding). This hour will focus on these instructional strategies, tools, and ideas.
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This presentation was recorded on May 5, 2017

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Making the Most of Mistakes – Peg Cagle

We need to do more than normalize errors in our classrooms–we need to leverage them! Examine ways to capitalize on student mistakes to drive instruction, deepen homework and frame quizzes/tests as assessments of and as learning, leading to greater student agency and lower risk aversion.
Watch the full presentation at: https://www.bigmarker.com/GlobalMathDept/Making-the-Most-of-MIstakes

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This presentation was recorded on May 5, 2017

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