How can we scaffold rich mathematical tasks that provide authentic and engaging entry points into mathematical concepts? This webinar provides intermediate teachers with the opportunity to reflect and explore the dimensions of a rich critical mathematical inquiry – an engaging challenge, an attention to the tools of thinking, and an explicit focus on nurturing the habits of mathematical thinkers.
Audience: Intermediate
Resources:
Links for TC2 and for Maria:
@tc2thinks
@MariaVamvalis
Other resources:
- How math should be taught
- Creating Thinking Classrooms
- Tweaking questions
- Reconciling inquiry and learning the basics
- Using Thoughtbooks to Sustain Inquiry
- Dan Meyer’s Water Tank Problem
- Rich Tasks
- Thinking Teacher Lesson Resources
- Deepening Mathematical Reasoning
- Thinking Mathematically
- Building Background Knowledge (1)
- Building Background Knowledge (2)
- Open Middle Problems
- The Guggenheim Museum
- Mathematical Mindsets