#14 Constructivism in Social Context

What is the main idea of this article?


What is something you learned from this reading that you will use in your teaching?

Article #13 Thinking Strategies

After reading the progression of teaching arithmetic, how do you think the progression would look like for multiplication and division?

Article #12 Supporting Students' Ways of Resoning about Patterns and Partitions

What can you take from the classroom episodes and use with your intervention student or your intervention/flood groups?



Do you feel our new curriculum supports this idea of mastering partitions and patterns? Why or why not?

Article #11 A Comparison of British ideas and Dutch Views

Article #11
What is the difference between informal mental strategies and formal place value procedures?

How would you help a teacher who only uses formal place value procedures?

What is one thing you learned from this article?

Article #8

Learning Stages in the Construction of the Number Sequence
What were at least three things you learned from this article?
What is at least one question you still have about counting?

# 7 Videotaped Interviews

What is the main idea from this article?
What are three key points for you?

Why do you think you needed to read this for MRIS?

Article #3

Who Is Really Learning Disabled?
By Gary L. Hessler

This is another one of my favorite articles. What do you think the term "curriculum casualties" refers to? Do you think there are curriculum casualties in your school? With your students?

Although most of the article refers to reading, how can you relate these ideas to mathematics?