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Math Matters: Engaging Students in Meaningful Inquiries
In this webinar, teachers will learn some practical strategies for bringing math concepts to life through engaging questions and tasks. How can you tweak existing tasks to ‘bump up’ thinking and build self-regulation in thinking and learning? This webinar will help lead the way to small shifts that can make a big difference in student …
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Using Assessment as Learning to Increase Student Proficiency in FSL
With the implementation of the revised FSL curriculum now well underway, an ongoing struggle for classroom teachers is how to increase student proficiency in the target language. Working with communication goals instead of isolated structures, teachers are striving to develop confidence and real-world language with students. How can we scaffold the necessary skills and provide …
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May the Fourths be with you: Developing student fraction concepts
Fractions is just one of those topics which we as educators seem to fear. Furthermore, research suggests that “fractions” is an area that most adults struggle to understand. The question is why, and how do we teach fractions? Participants will work through various activities in fractions to better understand the developmental landscape of fractions. There will be an opportunity …
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Sparking Rich Dialogue with Digital Provocations in Math
How can a simple image spark a mathematical discussion? How can a short video spark curiosity and wonder? How can we engage even our most reluctant learners into deep mathematical exploration with digital provocations? In this session we will build on the work of individuals like Dan Meyer and Kyle Pearce and explore how we …
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Nurturing Quality Thinking in J/I Mathematics
Determining if solutions/strategies make sense, checking for reasonableness, asking meaningful questions and looking for patterns and relationships are just a handful of the habits of thinking demonstrated by successful mathematicians. How do we effectively support our students in developing the intellectual tools required to approach mathematics with confidence, open-mindedness and competence? This webinar provides an …