"You never teach a subject, you always teach a child. You teach children in a way that they will learn, and then things will fall in place for them." —Dorothy Height, Educator
It's hard to get kids in the habit of talking about how they are thinking about a problem when they've had many years of instruction that focused on getting the "right answer" @TeachingChannelowl.li/cZE330jVdV4#edchat#mathchat
Math teachers have to use language arts instructional strategies to help build comprehension, visualization and vocabulary development! #ElemMathChatx.com/Dina0Brien/status/9871…
A2 I support Ts and their ELL learners by using a close read strategy for reading problems. Multiple reads focusing on different things ie. content, vocabulary, etc #elemmathchat
Teachers, retweet this and spread the word please! There is a plethora of research to back this up. Let's change our pedagogy to match the research. x.com/joboaler/status/984801…
Great article on why students should not blindly memorize math facts: seattletimes.com/education-l… "math is not computation. Math is a means of communicating complex ideas".