Many schools are struggling with the idea of how to teach with the new Common Core Standards and are looking for different ways to help students learn. The staff members in Sheridan County,Wyoming are no different. They are seeking out ways to start the paradigm shift—change how teachers are teaching and students are learning. One focus area was learning how to implement the Eight Math Practices which ask kids to really understand WHY they are doing math a certain way. The Eight Math Practices are:
Persevere through problem solving
Reason abstractly and quantitatively
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
Model with mathematics
Use appropriate tools
Be precise
Look for and make use of the structure
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
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| One of our very own consultants, Lisa Handyside, helping Sheridan County School District shift the paradigm of teaching! |
