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Beyond You Can Do It: Supporting Productive Struggle in Mathematics
Do your students give up easily when faced with challenging problems? Do they become frustrated if they don’t easily “get” the answer to a math task? This webinar will address Productive Struggle – what it is, why it is important to students mathematical learning and how we can support productive struggle for each and every …
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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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Nurturing Habits of Mind through Intermediate Math Inquiries
In this webinar, participants explore how to effectively support students in developing the key habits of mind needed to engage in sound mathematical thinking – perseverance, attention to detail and flexible-mindedness. Examining how to frame the specific questions and tasks that support the surfacing, nurturing and assessment of these habits of mind will be the …
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Authentic and Inclusive Math Talk
Being able to discuss math concepts and share their understanding is important learning for students. We will share strategies for developing a collaborative and dynamic math talk community in your classroom by examining how best to create a culture of safety and risk taking, and to embed structures such as Number Talks, Number Strings, Talking …
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Getting Started with Inquiry – Nov 20, 2017
In this webinar, participants will be looking at an inquiry cycle based on the phases of guided inquiry from the Ontario Library Association’s Together for Learning. Using a Knowledge Building Centre (KBC) template created using Google Sites as an online framework, we can model an inquiry cycle where students develop questions, investigate information, synthesize understanding …