Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics Grades K-12, Summer 2024
A thinking student is an engaged student! Teachers often find it difficult to implement lessons that help students go beyond rote memorization and repetitive calculations. In fact, instructional norms and habits that permeate thinking student is an engaged student! Teachers often find it difficult to implement lessons that help students go beyond rote memorization and repetitive calculations. In fact, instructional norms and habits that permeate all classrooms can actually be enabling “non-thinking” student behavior. Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in deep thinking, Peter Liljedahl has translated his 15 years of research into this practical guide on how to move toward a thinking classroom.
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12 helps teachers implement 14 optimal practices for thinking that create an ideal setting for deep mathematics learning to occur.
This guide:
Provides the what, why, and how of each practice and answers teachers most frequently asked questions
Includes firsthand accounts of how these practices foster thinking teacher and student interviews and student work samples
Offers a plethora of macro moves, micro moves, and rich tasks to get started
Organizes the 14 practices into four tool kits that can be implemented in order and built on throughout the year
When combined, these unique researched-based practices create the optimal conditions for learner-centered, student-owned deep mathematical thinking and learning, and have the power to transform mathematics classrooms like never before.
FORMAT: Asynchronous online learning with synchronous online start
DATES/TIME: Synchronous online start: Tuesday, 6/4/24, 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.; Asynchronous online learning: 6/11/24-8/27/24
GCRTC FACILITATORS/CONTACT: Mary Ann Nickloy and Lorena Hurst, GCRTC Teacher Leadership Coaches
FEE: None. Registration is required.
CTLE HOURS: 30
REGISTRATION: http://tinyurl.com/2427u7yr
