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Unsilence Students' Voices

11:00 - 12:00 Saturday, December 1
    Suzanne Alejandre, Philadelphia, PA
    Marie Hogan, West Covina, CA

Every classroom has silenced voices. Why? We'll share activities to increase CCSSM practices #1 [make sense of problems and persevere] and #3 [construct arguments and critique] focused on students' accountable math talk. Handouts will be provided.

Powerpoint from session:
    download PPT: cmcnorth.session335.ppt
    download PDF: cmcnorth.session335.pdf

Introductions

 

Three Premises

1. a person learns when they have a voice

2. every classroom has silenced voices

3. there are different reasons why a voice is not heard

 

Too Many Voices/Too Little Time

Minimize teacher's talk time - no repetition of students' responses

Maximize time students are talking
        Turn and Talk

Individual student ownership

Wooden Legs Videos

 

Lack of Fluency in the Language

mathematics is a language

establishing need

 

Moving from Passive to Active Learners

expectations, scaffolding, practice

 

Additional Resources

Blog: Suzanne at the Math Forum [HTML]

 

Annie Fetter: Ever Wonder What They'd Notice? [Ignite! Talk]

Max Ray: Why 2 > 4: A Proof by Induction [Ignite! Talk]

 

How to Start Problem Solving in Your Classroom PDF]

Problem Solving-It Has to Begin with Noticing and Wondering [PDF]

Unsilence Students' Voices [PDF]

Think You Don't Have Time to Use the PoWs? [PDF]

Writing to Develop Understanding: The Math Forum @ Drexel's PoWs [PDF]

 

Free Online Resources at the Math Forum [PDF]

 

Opportunity

DrexelNOW article: NSF Awards $2.2 Million to Project Studying Community-Based Professional Development for Math Teachers

EnCoMPASS: Emerging Communities for Mathematical Practices and Assessment