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Developing Higher Order Thinking and Knowledge ProducersMat
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What does it look like when students are good at math?
Students in Dan’s Class
0 lack of initiative0 lack of perseverance0 lack of retention0 aversion to word problems0 eager for formula
And yours?
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What skills, strategies and attitudes do students need to
solve the problem?
Traditional Math Problems
0 3 bits of information0 paving way to one answer0 often using operations taught that week0 not realistic0 not framed by students
And yours?
Ticket roll – The Problem?
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What is the problem?What skills etc. do students need to solve the problem?
Fuel Gage – The Problem?
Dan Meyer: math needs a makeover
Meyer et. al.
0Paul Lockhart0Alfie Kohn0Joseph Ganem0Conrad Wolfram0Malcolm Swan
The Thinking Math Teacher
0 sees a math world 0 helps kids make the problems0 lets them struggle0 provides a framework (some
technique), doesn't pave the road
About the Process
0 teach kids how to break a problem into parts0decide what you’d accept as evidence of
non-computational math0assess what they can prove they know,
not the answer they give
About the Process
0encourage talk and collaboration0develop a list of resources and provide
technology to help them find things0use images often – they help us associate
and be critical and creative
Developing Higher Order Thinking and Knowledge Producers
Writing
During – Viewing 2
1. Why does the father do all the talking ? Whose voices aren’t heard?
2. What is in the foreground (most important) and what is in the background?
3. What are the characters wearing? Why?4. How do the actions of the characters
reinforce gender roles?
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During – Viewing 2
Revise to show judgement0Evidence0Criteria0Relate to other understanding (synthesis)
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After: Google Jockey “Non-traditional + family”
After – Powerful Words
“Traditionally if you mixed the races you were shunned, and there’s nothing wrong with an old fashioned traditional shunning. Isn’t that right honey? Like we did to your sister when she dated that Arab boy in university – you don’t know her, kids, she’s dead to us now.”
What loaded language does Mercer use?
Connotation: an idea that is implied or suggested by the word used
Denotation: the literal meaning or "dictionary definition" of a term, devoid of emotion
Word Connotationshunning Outside society, taboo, not welcome,
hated, shameful
Co-construction: What we know about composing and creating
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The Thinking Writing Teacher
0justify, choose based on criteria, make judgement
0teach through all receptive strands to get to good expressive
0Before, During and After 0co-construct criteria based on
the receptive0break task into chunks
What does it look like when students are good at writing?
About the Process
0“Alouds” as much as possible0start with the (authentic) audience
and purpose0co-construction of criteria that
grows0spend 1/3 time on prewriting
0kids pick the tools and the question for writing0assessment at all stages0focus peer and self assessment
on text features, purpose etc. not just mechanics and grammar
About the Process