Thanks for joining tonight's #octmchat!
Let's take some time to see who's joining us... and tell us if you were able to attend OCTM's Conference in Akron a couple weeks ago. @ohioctm
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Q1... the authors of NCTM's Principles to Actions defines "an excellent mathematics program" (see slide). What resonates with you? #OCTMchat@NCTM@ohioctm
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Hi everyone, Catherine Schulte from Hamilton County ESC, consultant. Unfortunately, no - I did not have the opportunity to attend OCTM this year. #octmchat
A1 THEIR ability to make sense of mathematical ideas/concepts. It should never be our thinking. Always theirs; or we take their identity and their chance to learn math. Non-negotiable. #OCTMchat
A1. I think what resonates with me in regards to this is the meaningful learning and collaboration. Every lesson has a purpose and it is so important that we identify it and help students to understand the importance. #OCTMchat
A1: I love "promoting the ability to make sense" I feel like this is my mission statement in my classroom every day. We need to promote the sense of solving a puzzle and feeling like new things have been revealed as we work on math concepts, not add to confusion.
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Hello! Traci Stubenrauch, K-5 Innovative Instructional Coach @LovelandTigers. Wish I could've attended the recent OCTM Conference but missed it. #OCTMchat
Jared Olson, 5th grade math teacher... A1: The part that resonates with me is making sense of mathematical ideas and reason mathematically! That is my main goal as a teacher! Not to create a “step by step” student #OCTMchat
A2 I don't believe in making the math easier. I want students to be engaged and have opportunity to think while having conversation. I LOVE hearing math talk in a classroom. #octmchat
A2 Can’t trick is boss! We got this! We facilitate always with the goal of mathematics feeling easier for young people because they are advancing and becoming more efficient. Your quote says nothing about us thinking for them. More designing for them. #OCTMchat
A1: "Engages students in meaningful learning" - math learning should be relevant to Ss rather than rote problems or practices. Too often I hear that they won't need math later on but it's in everything we do...it's about creating, exploring, finding connections. #OCTMchat
A2: I think we have to be careful about "making math easy for kids"
We want it to make sense, we want to build their strategies, sure. But a lot of bad math is done to kids when we simply try to make things easier #standardalgorithm#octmchat
Successful teachers open up the mathematics for ALL to enter. I'd argue that easy isn't the right word. Though in 2014, it was probably a good start. #OCTMchat@mlipnos@chrissybug24
A1 Engages is the word that resonates with me. Students need to be actively involved in their learning by talking and making sense of math everyday! #octmchat
A2: I would agree if you replaced the word “easy” with “thought provoking” When we get our students thinking that’s when we get them learning. #OCTMchat
A2: Disagree. I think too often we are concerned with our Ss getting the right answer and avoiding struggle, but it's through that productive struggle that helps them to persevere & challenge themselves to ask ?'s & take risks to dig deeper to build understanding. #OCTMchat
Q2- I’m not sure where I stand. I do believe strongly in productive struggle and truly believe that when students experience it they become stronger thinkers. I can see how guiding them might make it easier but is it authentic student thinking 🤔 #OCTMchat
A2 I really like what a lot of you are saying. I would argue that things feel easy as understanding increases and dissonance declines. This is our goal. Design environments for young people to advance and deepen. The cycle never stops. The work is never done. #OCTMchat
A2. I don’t like the word “easy.” We might make it accessible? I worry that if we only try to make it easy we hide some of the complexity in the mathematics we want students to learn. #OCTMchat
Twitter Chats are a great way to get connected with other passionate educators! Take some time to "follow" some of tonight's participants #OCTMchat#OCTMconnects@ohioctm
A3: An effective teacher helps students develop their own strategies and guides them through challenges that will help them make sense of things in a new way. #octmchat
A3 an effective teacher gets their best PD and content knowledge from the young people she/he is designing for! Not a book, internet, colleague, conference. 90 percent comes right from the young people. #OCTMchat
Q3 challenges Ss to engage with the math & Ss make connections between mathematical ideas. These Ts also form great relationships with their Ss. #octmchat
Q3- an authentic teacher will turn the flashlight on, and then watch what the students will find. Authentic teachers don’t hid what they don’t know. They ask the students to help them understand. #OCTMchat
Q3- an effective teacher will turn the flashlight on and then step aside to see what the students will learn. An effective also will not hid what they don’t understand. They ask their students to help understand. #OCTMchat
A3: An effective teacher provides relevant, meaningful learning experiences where Ss question, take risks, collaborate, justify, and make sense of new ideas in an environment that honors ALL students and nudges Ss to push their thinking. #OCTMchat
A4- Facilitate meaningful mathematical discourse. Effective teaching of mathematics facilitates discourse among students to build shared understanding of mathematical ideas by analyzing and comparing student approaches and arguments.#OCTMchat
A3: An effective teachers allows for students to discover the aha instead of telling. The effective teacher gives time for understanding and connections to be made. #OCTMchat
A4: I love a good debate, so I think the best topic for another chat would be building procedural fluency. What are we doing that is actually working? What should we let go of? #OCTMchat
