Math education answers the question
"How do we teach?"
It needs to answer the question
"How do we learn?"
What are the differences?
What are the challenges?
Implemented open ended tasks
Implemented open ended tasks
Focus on students doing the work
Implemented open ended tasks
Focus on students doing the work
A big push on academic discourse
Implemented open ended tasks
Focus on students doing the work
A big push on academic discourse
It was hard!
Lesson learned
It's so much easier when you give kids something interesting to discuss
"Turn to your table partner and take turns explaining what each of the terms in a quadratic expression equate to when applied to projectile motion"
VS
"Do flying fish actually fly"
Not a parabola
(graph of quadratic equation)
acceleration / gravity
velocity / speed
position / height
Lesson learned
It's so much easier when you give kids something interesting to discuss
"Alicia and Frank both have containers. They mark their containers with tenths and fill each container to seven tenths. Why does Frank have more Orange Juice than Alicia?
VS
"How can a half be bigger than a whole?"
STUDENT
DISCOURSE
Applying Neuroscience to the Classroom
Let's play a game
visual problem solving
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FREE VISUAL PUZZLE RESOURCES
One last thing on the power of visual questions...
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To ensure that all students are mathematically equipped to solve the world's most challenging problems.
OUR MISSION:
EdWeb: Empowering Teachers
By Nigel Nisbet
EdWeb: Empowering Teachers
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