Tag: math strategies
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Selecting Mathematical Strategies
Helping students to select a mathematical strategy vs executing a strategy correctly.
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Supporting Struggling Students in Math
Supporting students who struggle in math with developmentally appropriate content and pedagogical strategies
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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 reinforced […]
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Teaching Math for FNMI Students
The dominant ways in which math has always been taught in our Western society includes drill, rote learning, and a focus on math ‘authorities’ including the teacher. This poses very serious problems for many of our mathematical learners, particularly for our First Nations, Metis & Inuit (FNMI) learners, whose perspectives and ways of knowing […]
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Teaching Math for FNMI Students
The dominant ways in which math has always been taught in our Western society includes drill, rote learning, and a focus on math ‘authorities’ including the teacher. This poses very serious problems for many of our mathematical learners, particularly for our First Nations, Metis & Inuit (FNMI) learners, whose perspectives and ways of knowing […]
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