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Music: John Williams
Problem Based Learning &
Conceptual Understanding
Whitfield County Schools
November 14, 2017
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Music: John Williams
Problem Based Learning &
Conceptual Understanding
Whitfield County Schools
November 14, 2017
http://mikewiernicki.com @mikewiernicki
Goals for today:
• Explore problem-based lessons.• Discuss the power of teaching conceptually using
these lessons and other strategies.• Explore instructional best practices.• Learn and play math games and discuss uses in
the math classroom.• Explore, plan, and develop activities using
DESMOS and OUR.• Leave with ideas, resources and practices you can
put to use tomorrow.
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1. Start with a question.
2. Students need time to struggle.
3. You are not the answer key.
4. Say yes to your students’ ideas.
5. Play.
Five Principles of Extraordinary Math TeachingDan Finkel - TEDx Rainier
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Consecutive Sums
13 = 6 + 7
14 = 2 + 3 + 4 + 5
25 = 12 + 13 25 = 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7
Is there a general rule for how many different ways a number can be written as a
sum of consecutive positive integers? If there is a general rule, what is it?
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it was a nickel?
it was a dime? it was a quarter?
it was a half-dollar?
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Estimate
Too LowEstimate
Too HighEstimate
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What information do you need?
Source: United States Mint
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Sources for Problems Worth Solving
Open Middle
Desmos
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The Ins and Outs of Desmos
teacher.desmos.com
student.desmos.com
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Presentation Resources:
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