Helping students to select a mathematical strategy vs executing a strategy correctly.
Category Archives: Big Ideas in Education
Supporting Struggling Students in Math
Supporting students who struggle in math with developmentally appropriate content and pedagogical strategies
Developmental Implications of Math Anxiety
Developmental implications of math anxiety.
Math Talk in the Classroom
Facilitating quality math talk in the classroom is essential to promote student learning. However, this can be very challenging. One cornerstone of effective math talk, is the ability to listen, question, paraphrase and learn from other students. Despite the fact that teachers create classroom norms and expectations around effective communication, students may be inadvertently reinforcedContinue reading “Math Talk in the Classroom”
Truth and Reconciliation and Literature in the Library Learning Commons – Canadian School Libraries Journal
Truth and Reconciliation and Literature in the Library Learning Commons – Canadian School Libraries Journal — Read on journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/truth-and-reconciliation-and-literature-in-the-library-learning-commons/
Feedback in the Library Learning Commons – Canadian School Libraries Journal
Feedback in the Library Learning Commons – Canadian School Libraries Journal — Read on journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/feedback-in-the-library-learning-commons/
Number Talks
Importance of Number Talks for conceptual understanding.
Feedback
I think that feedback is one of those constructs in education that seems both ‘common sensical’ yet elusive at the same time. It is absolutely essential to learning, (and we all know this to be true), but for me, the feedback always seemed to something I had to ‘complete’ or ‘achieve’ with the students atContinue reading “Feedback”
