Tuesday, February 12, 2013

#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?