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Chapter 10 – Option 2 (Connection)

02/01/2021 5:18 PM | Anonymous

How do you uncover student reasoning in your teaching? Tell us about strategies you’ve used to enable students to share their mathematical thinking with you or their classmates.

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  • 02/18/2021 4:33 PM | Anonymous
    I’ve changed my wording “show your work” into “show your mathematical thinking” for my high school students. I ask them to reread their work to determine if someone not in this class would understand what they did.

    During online learning, I’ve asked students to “narrate your work” for me or for the class. Then I can probe, “why did you do that” and “what other topic helps out here” etc.

    One final technique is when I ask students to “explain this concept to a younger student” (like a sibling or a middle school kid who hasn’t learned algebra yet). This can really uncover the components that my students know, and I can nudge them to include important pieces of the concept if they are missing.
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  • 04/07/2021 2:46 PM | Carrie
    I have begun to help my K-2 teachers and students share their thinking by asking them to "Prove their answer". Many students have a hard time with "show your work", saying well I just knew. When I say "prove it to me" it becomes a challenge for them and makes it fun. Then when we share with our classmates, we begin to find many different ways to arrive at the same answer.

    Whenever, I go into a classroom the kids always say..."don't forget, Mrs. Allen is going to ask us how we know or to prove her the answer". My favorite comment was from a little guy who said to me, "why do I need to prove my answer if you are the math coach? Don't you already know the answer!" My response was "I have an answer, but it may not always be right, so I want you to prove your answer to me!" He was bowled over that I could have the wrong answer!

    These share outs and proof gives all the kids an idea of where to start or finish their answer!
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