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Math Solutions helps teachers incorporate literature and communication to promote thinking and reasoning and increase their students’ problem-solving ability. In addition, real-life scenarios and classroom discussions advance students’ understanding and ability to use and apply mathematical concepts in a multitude of contexts.
NOTE: Customized course are created in partnership with your leadership team, aligned to your resources and focused on your school or district's unique challenges. Course descriptions below are examples of courses that we have delivered for other districts and may change significantly when adapted to your district.
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Teaching Math Through Problem Solving, Good Questions, and CommunicationProblem solving and communication are essential processes in teaching and learning mathematics. Through a variety of activities and investigations, teachers build expertise in helping students acquire and use math content knowledge through problem solving. At the same time, course experiences model the environment and strategies required to support speaking, recording, writing, and listening in mathematics. This course also helps teachers select and use thought-provoking questions and tasks in their mathematics instruction. Grades K–8.
Resource Materials: Good Questions for Math Teaching series
Asking Good QuestionsQuestions and tasks provide launching points for student learning in math. Linked to the standards teachers must address, this course focuses on open questions and tasks and their potential to stimulate thinking and reasoning, challenge students’ understanding, and set the stage for classroom discussions. Investigations help teachers consider how their role in the classroom shifts as the tasks they pose require students to think, reason, and communicate. Grades K–8.
Resource Materials: Good Questions for Math Teaching series
Talking to Learn: Communication in the Math ClassTalk is essential to learning because it provides a way for students to share mathematical ideas, listen to the ideas of others, and clarify their understanding. This course helps teachers understand the role of communication in students’ math learning. As they engage in mathematical investigations and study classroom vignettes, teachers become familiar with tools and strategies to introduce and facilitate productive talk in math class. Grades K–6.
Resource Materials: Show and Tell: Representing and Communicating Mathematical Ideas in K–2 Classrooms and Classroom Discussions: Using Math Talk to Help Students Learn, Grades K–6
Integrating Writing into Math InstructionAccording to current mathematics standards, writing and representing play important roles in prompting students to reflect on, clarify, and communicate about math ideas and situations. Experiences in this course help teachers make written communication and the use of mathematical representations integral aspects of their instruction. Participants are introduced to a variety of writing tasks that promote students’ thinking and reasoning. They practice analyzing and assessing learning using students’ written work. Grades K–8.
Resource Materials: Show and Tell: Representing and Communicating Mathematical Ideas in K–2 Classrooms and Writing in Math Class: A Resource for Grades 2–8
An Introduction to Using Children’s Literature to Teach MathIntroductory courses build teachers’ interest and confidence in utilizing new instructional strategies. This course helps teachers see the potential of using children’s literature in the math class and provides them with lessons and guidance for using those lessons successfully with their students. Grades K–8.
Resource Materials: Math, Literature, and Nonfiction series
Using Children’s Literature to Teach MathUsing children’s literature as a context for learning is a mainstay of literacy programs across the country. This unique course taps into teachers’ expertise in using literature and helps them bring that proficiency and enthusiasm to their mathematics instruction. With access to a rich and wide array of children’s books, participants learn how to use literature as a springboard to support students’ understanding and motivate their mathematical reasoning and problem solving. They learn to facilitate students’ engagement in problem-solving experiences and select high-quality literature that links to important topics in their math curriculum. Though all content and process standards are addressed in this course, special attention is given to geometry and measurement. Grades K–8.
Resource Materials: Math, Literature, and Nonfiction series
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