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Assignment: Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices & Student-Centered Mathematics Instruction
I. Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices
1. Establish mathematics goals to focus on reasoning.
2. Use and connect mathematical representations.
3. Implement tasks that promote reasoning and problem solving.
4. Pose purposeful questions.
5. Build procedural fluency from conceptual understanding.
6. Support productive struggle in learning mathematics.
7. Facilitate meaningful mathematical discourse.
8. Elicit and use evidence of student thinking.
A. How do you make the eight Mathematics Teaching Practices a coherent and consistent focus in your classroom to strengthen learning and teaching for all students?
B. Which two practices are more prevalent in a math classroom? Explain and provide examples.
C. Which two practices are less prevalent in math classroom and need more development? What can you do to improve these two practices?
II. Student-Centered Mathematics Instruction
A. How are the learning goals in your classroom taking into account students' assets in a strength-based instructional approach? How do you design instruction that will help students to meet those goals?
B. Consider at most five students that you feel you can improve the relationship or connection you have with them.
a. Are these students struggling or thriving in your classroom? Explain.
b. Make a plan to gain a better understanding of these students and their lives outside school such as interests, sports, hobbies, any jobs, or community involvement. What did you learn?
c. How can you use what you learn to support students' engagement and learning progress in your classroom?