Open Spaces for Mathematical Thinking

Discussing issues in math teaching and learning, exploring the beauty of student mathematical thinking.

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Talking Changes Everything In The Math Classroom

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Talking changes everything.  That's been my biggest revelation over the past 14 years of teaching. When I first starting teac...
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Monday, March 7, 2016

Costco-the Proportional Reasoning Store

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Check your local curriculum: if it's like ours, sometime around grade 6 students are asked to deal with the interrelated concepts of ...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

The Three Part Lesson Mindset

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We are often taught that there is a "thing"', a lesson plan, a framework, perhaps, called "the three part lesson". I...
Friday, February 5, 2016

Have a Goal for Each and Every Math Class #assessment #curriculum #intentionalteaching

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I once laminated a few cards that I thought I would put up at the start of each class. I had thought that there were only a certain few type...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

Do They Understand It? Just Ask! Assessing Math Through Conversations

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"So much of their math thinking is never making the paper."Amazing teach. observation- @drcathybruce efficacy study. pic.twitte...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

The Tool Must Fit The Task- or, Physical vs. Digital Manipulation #SAMR

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You might know that I love snapcubes. I think they are the most versatile type of thinking tool out there. I love how you aren't...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Behold, The School of the Future!

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One of the best stories you can read about schooling was written in 1951, by Isaac Asimov. Called "The Fun They Had" , it's ab...
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Effective mathematics resource teacher in @PeelSchools. "To speak a true word is to transform the world." Paulo Freire.
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