promoting discourse in the mathematics classroom transitioning to the common core office of...
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Promoting Discourse in the
Mathematics Classroom
Transitioning to the Common Core
Office of Secondary Mathematics
What does discourse mean?
What teacher and student behaviors occur in a classroom where the teacher promotes discourse?
Discussion
Research Reveals
•Most math problems come from textbooks
•Pre-service teachers have little exposure to creating and developing authentic problems
•The focus is on memorization and procedures instead of reasoning and critical thinking
•Understanding mathematics is directly connected to the creation and exploration of questions
•93% of teacher questions are knowledge based focusing on recall of facts.
•The National Council for Teachers in Mathematics encourages teachers to increase student participation by “posing questions that elicit, engage, and challenge student’s thinking.
Transitioning to the Common Core
Twenty Questions /Twenty Minutes
An activity designed to help teachers evaluate the levels of questions asked
and the determine the level of discourse in their classroom
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Transitioning to the Common Core
http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm
Activity
Rank the questions provided
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What evidence do you have that your selection is correct?
Convince your neighbor that your answer is correct.
Preparing Teachers and Students for the Common Core Curriculum
What type of follow up questions can be asked of a student that provides the correct answer to a knowledge based question ?
How can you rewrite the question to create discourse?
Preparing Teachers and Students for the Common Core Curriculum
http://www.nctm.org/publications/mt.aspx?id=8594
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Remember:
Consider
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Round 11.8 to the nearest whole number.
Typical Question
My coach timed me running 100 meters in about 12 seconds. What numbers might have been on the stopwatch?
What If…
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Consider
I pay $50 per month plus $.05 per minute for my cell phone. What could be my bill for this month and how many minutes did I use?
Try this instead
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Try This
Preparing Teachers and Students for the Common Core Curriculum
How can we team within the department to be more intentional about creating discourse?
Ideas and/or suggestions?
Next Steps?