Category: problem based learning
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Problem Based Learning, start-to-finish, in Ten Minutes
Want to learn more about Problem Based Learning but don’t have time to read several posts with graphics? Want to see what a student-centered math unit looks like from start to finish, but would prefer to see it visually and hear it in a nasally voice? Well, look no further, my friends! I recorded a…
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Inquiry-based mathematics: the posing of a problem is only the beginning of the problem-posing process.
We’ve been exploring some of the steps to an inquiry-based lesson in mathematics recently. In the last post, I tossed out a few .png images and laid out a few general steps in preparation for actually getting into the meat of inquiry-based mathematics instruction. Which we’ll do so starting today. Step 1: Posing a problem…
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An oversimplified model of an inquiry-based lesson, with visual aids
Last week, I mentioned that, having begun to attempt to slay one of the two giants of inquiry-based math instruction, I’d be steering into a potentially trickier aspect of inquiry based instruction: namely that of instruction and facilitation. Most of us learned math like this. We have decades of evidence suggesting that this method of…
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Inquiry-Based instruction, in a PNG-nutshell
In talking to math teachers about an Inquiry- , Project- , or Problem-Based approach, these are the following questions that come up most often. 1) “How am I supposed to cover all the standards using this approach?“ and, 2) “So, when do I actually teach?” An attempt at the first question is reflected in the…
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