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#KaganChat Rick here. I'm from Orlando, Florida, but I'm tweeting tonight from Los Angeles where I'm working for a couple of days. I'm stuck in traffic, a couple of blocks from my hotel. Hopefully I will be able to participate fully in a few minutes.
Alright, you magnificent mathematicians, it's time for #KaganChat! Today we're talking about using Kagan in #mathematics.
Please be sure to use #KaganChat and include A1, A2, etc. on each tweet.
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Hey #KaganPals! Chatting from Wichita, KS. I’ll be in and out bc I have to live up to the Best-Aunt-Kris-Ever status to help nieces with sight words and spelling words. #KaganChat
Alright, you magnificent mathematicians, it's time for #KaganChat! Today we're talking about using Kagan in #mathematics.
Please be sure to use #KaganChat and include A1, A2, etc. on each tweet.
(And enjoy the fact that we now get 280 characters!)
Let’s get started…
A1 Math curriculum today tends to forget to evolve with society. Engaging students through PBL, giving student choice/voice, integrating technology and engaging using coop. learning is going to be 🗝 #KaganChat
Q1 Biggest Challenge is for some it is just not developmentally appropriate. Structures like Rally Coach help bring those students up to speed #kaganchat
Q1 #Kaganchat I think a huge challenge is to help parents understand that mathematics is not merely memorization of rote facts, but depends on thinking skills, creativity, problem-solving, and application skills!
A2: I would think that structures like Rally Coach and NHT would work great for this because Ss need to explain their thinking and check each other's work. #KaganChat
A2 When s’s have to say what they are thinking and be accountable for their thinking and in a safe way this assured helping with that. (PIES *coughcough) #KaganChat
A2 love sage and scribe at the beginning of the learning and then rally coach after a couple of days! Of course #edheads together is always great, too! #KaganChat
Q2 #Kaganchat I understand something on the concrete level when I am able to do it, I understand it much more deeply when I metacognitively can explain my thinking to someone else. Kagan structures ensure that ALL students are answering!
A2 Because we use structures alot in Math I can c their understanding grow. Ss are working w/each other 2 b able 2 explain their thinking. They collaborate & come 2 consensus. 2 come 2 consensus they have 2 explain their thinking. The more they do the better they get #KaganChat
#KaganChat & working on different problems at same time. I saw math teacher do this last week in Bermuda! The Ss had to do 1 step of problem, hold up the paper until everyone had completed one step, simultaneously pass papers, check the work, and complete the next step. Brilliant
A3 There is a lot of vocab involved w/ geometric concepts and retention and recall are also huge to process these so there’s an even greater need to utilize peer interaction to assure a sense of auto recall #KaganChat
A3 While teaching geometry w/Kagan structures Ss get the chance 2 explore concepts 2gether in a comfortable/safe environment. Because they feel safe, Ss are free 2 enjoy learning. If they are enjoying, they are learning! #KaganChat
A3 #Kaganchat I saw a high school geometry teacher having students determine line slope of angles by engaging them inQuizQuiz-Trade. It was powerful! It made me jealous because that is not how I learned it 😟
A4 Utilizing structures to check for understanding and provide constant practice and feedback. I love that structures allow me to do this every step of the way whether it’s review, application or assessment #KaganChat
A4 #Kaganchat@MyrissaDix showed me a great app once that is perfect for RallyTable where students take turns adding virtual objects to a virtual balance scale to get the scale balanced, and then create a written equation to represent it.
A4 Algebraic Thinking is not something learned quickly. It is a process. We explore multiple approaches 2 problems, display relationships in different ways (visually, numerically, verbally, etc) and interpret the information. #KaganChat
Might be a little tricky. The purpose of match mine is communication. So if the content is difficult it may get in the way of the structure working as intended.#KaganChat
Sage-n-Scribe is my "go-to" structure w/procedural math. The more Ss work together, the more they help each other make the abstract more concrete. #KaganChat
I seriously wonder what we did before sage and scribe at Symsonia!! This structure has added so much depth to our kids’ knowledge and ability to “talk” the content! #gamechanger#ridersallin#KaganChat
A5: I LOVE Kagan structures! (Quiz Quiz Trade & Rally Coach are my favs)... but I want to push back on this question a bit. How can we get Ss ( & Ts) to see math differently...
Not just procedural? There is more to math than procedures! #kaganchat#MTBoS
Talking chips allow Ss express their views! I like this structure for both math and science! Just implemented this structure a couple months ago and find lots of value by using it! #KaganChat
A6 This comes back 2 Q1 & how kids can work 2gether 2 explain their thinking & come up w/an answer 2gether. Real World problems r what they will deal w/in their lives beyond school. Kagan structures give them the confidence which will help w/problems in the real world #KaganChat
Let’s incorporate rich tasks, problem solving, #noticewonder, interesting problems, 3-act tasks, & mathematical practices! All of this with Kagan structures is powerful! ❤️ @KaganOnline#kaganchat#MTBoS
Bonus: We always host which is nice so I can control the food. Ran away one year and had room service chicken nachos. They were sooooo good. #KaganChat
Bonus: I prefer to host but this year there just wasn’t enough time to get things together so we travelled.....but I still made the turkey and dressing! #KaganChat
