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Fostering Critical Thinking in Elementary Math
How can critical thinking help your students learn mathematics? This session investigates ways teachers can use different types of critical challenges to engage diverse learners in reasoning and communicating about mathematics. Explore the power of critical thinking to support self-regulated learning and build students’ confidence in using a strategic approach to posing and solving mathematical …
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Criteria for Judgment: Learning and Assessing
What are criteria for judgment? Identifying this tool is essential in structuring a critical challenge and in assessing student work. In this session we will distinguish between criteria for judgment and “requirements”. Participants will practise identifying the criteria for judgment in a variety of critical challenges and assessment tools. Examples will span grade levels and …
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Fostering Problem Solving in Mathemathics with Critical Thinking
Problem solving is at the core of learning mathematics. How can critical thinking help students become more confident problem solvers? What intellectual tools support students’ thinking about mathematical problems? In this session, participants investigate specific ways the TC2 approach can help students become more powerful problem solvers. NOTE: This session is most effective for participants who have …
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Creating a Community of Thinkers
What does a community of thinkers look like in an elementary classroom? How can it be both safe and challenging? In this session we examine subtle ways to shift your community of learners to a community of thinkers. Audience: Elementary Resources: The Critical Thinking Consortium TC2: Stories from the Classroom, The Thinking Classroom “My Favourite No” (video) Harvard’s Project Zero “Talk …