PROBLEM OF PRACTICE: Are our mathematics lessons worthwhile?
- Are there opportunities for students to pose questions, solve problems, explain their thinking and use reasoning to justify their answers?
- Are teachers using effective strategies to facilitate students to reason?
- Who is carrying the cognitive load? Are the students learning or doing?
- Are there opportunities for students to pose questions, solve problems, explain their thinking and use reasoning to justify their answers?
- Are teachers using effective strategies to facilitate students to reason?
- Who is carrying the cognitive load? Are the students learning or doing?
PRE-READING
The pre-reading is two blogs by Katherin Cartwright from the Primary Learning website
Check them out by clicking on the images below.
The pre-reading is two blogs by Katherin Cartwright from the Primary Learning website
Check them out by clicking on the images below.
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THE PRESENTATION
READING: Below is the short reading used during the round that discusses the Five Practices model, "Orchestrating Discussions", Smith, Hughes. Engle and Stein. Download here
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HOW DID OUR THINKING CHANGE?
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PRESENTATION BY BURWOOD PS: Below is the presentation used to orient the network participants to the problem of practice. As background information it shows the initiatives that the school has taken since their last round; the "communication protocols" used by students for maths discussions; and some resources for reasoning. Play the slide show!
LINKS TO PREVIOUS ROUNDS
The key concepts for this problem of practice link to those from previous rounds.
WORTHWHILE LESSONS: The framework of the "worthwhile lesson" comes from Moss and Brookhart. We have had several rounds that have incorporated this framework. The key ideas from the framework and see how this can be incorporated in learning and teaching by checking out our Worthwhile Lesson pages
MATHEMATICAL TALK & REASONING: were two of the focuses of our 2022 round at Enfield PS. Great resources here are the Kristen Tripet video & John Hattie reading that explains how mathematical talk can make students' thinking visible check them out here
PROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING & COMMUNCATING were also the focus of the Engaging Leaders Instructional Rounds network. Highlights on this page are the resources developed by network schools individually and collaboratively. Take a look!
The key concepts for this problem of practice link to those from previous rounds.
WORTHWHILE LESSONS: The framework of the "worthwhile lesson" comes from Moss and Brookhart. We have had several rounds that have incorporated this framework. The key ideas from the framework and see how this can be incorporated in learning and teaching by checking out our Worthwhile Lesson pages
MATHEMATICAL TALK & REASONING: were two of the focuses of our 2022 round at Enfield PS. Great resources here are the Kristen Tripet video & John Hattie reading that explains how mathematical talk can make students' thinking visible check them out here
PROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING & COMMUNCATING were also the focus of the Engaging Leaders Instructional Rounds network. Highlights on this page are the resources developed by network schools individually and collaboratively. Take a look!