by Annie Sussman | Apr 30, 2018 |
Using language to effectively communicate one’s mathematical thinking is an important skill—one that is a focus of Math Practice 6: Attend to Precision. Many of us know firsthand that clearly articulating mathematical ideas is challenging work, and that when students...
by The Investigations 3 Center Team | Apr 16, 2018 |
We’ll be away next week, at the NCSM and NCTM conferences in Washington DC. We’d love to see you at one of our Sessions, or at the TERC booth! Monday, April 23, 2018 Session 1317: But Why Does It Work?: Using Examples to Investigate Structure Many students appear to...
by The Investigations 3 Center Team | Apr 9, 2018 |
Question: Why did you decide to use the exclusive definition of a trapezoid?Answer: As the question suggests, there is more than one definition of a trapezoid. Mathematicians define trapezoids in one of two ways:Using the inclusive definition, all parallelograms...
by Keith Cochran | Apr 2, 2018 |
Have you ever been teaching (or leading professional development) and asked a really good question only to be met with silence? We all have teacher moves in our back pocket for situations like this—maybe do a turn and talk, ask the student if they’d like to call on...