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Academic Dialogue in the Mathematics Classroom

Incorporating academic dialogue into a mathematics classroom is easy if you start small and build your understanding of the processes as you go. The Conditions for Thinking and Learning provide a framework for expectations.

Helping Students Understand Their Own Thinking

Students need to learn early in their educational career how to think about how they solve complex problems, what learning strategies work best for them, how they adapt what they are learning to new situations, and those questions will not be answered without a lot of help from their teachers.

Leveraging Literacy and the ALM Model to address Social Emotional Learning Part 3: Writing

The purpose of writing is what gets at SEL. Having the freedom and space to reflectively write can afford students the opportunity to think about and process how they are feeling, doing and learning. Through the insight gained into the students’ thinking, the teacher can build trust and relationships with students.

Making Math Matter Workshop Series

Making Math Matter Workshop Series

Using Mathematical Modeling in the Classroom- A professional learning workshop series to give Kentucky high school math teachers new tools and instructional strategies to engage students in mathematical modeling that answers real-world questions and to understand the changes to the EOC for Algrabra II.

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Simply Assign Complex Texts?

Simply Assign Complex Texts?

It is critical the teacher is intentionally planning for learning opportunities that allow students to put into practice complex thinking and conceptual skills with accessible texts.

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