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Teaching for Understanding. Student Centered Instruction. Student Centered Instruction. Metacognition Educator/student partnership in learning Collaborative learning Meaningful assessment in real-world contexts Construction of meaning What is new to our discussion?.
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Teaching for Understanding Student Centered Instruction
Student Centered Instruction • Metacognition • Educator/student partnership in learning • Collaborative learning • Meaningful assessment in real-world contexts • Construction of meaning What is new to our discussion?
Construction of Meaning Mathematical Discourse: Why has this become such a hot topic? From Inside Math: 7th/8th grade
Partnership in Learning A student-centered teacher will design learning experiences that explicitly link essential concepts & skills to students’ current understanding & natural curiosity about the topic in order to scaffold additional or deeper understandings. How do teachers do this? • What do we know about scaffolding? • What do we know about linking content to students’ current understanding? • How do we leverage natural curiosity?
Partnership in Learning Know students’ • current understanding of the content • current level of use of the mathematical practices • interests, curiosities • strengths in working collaboratively Teach students how you want them to partner with you
Partnership in Learning Student answers as windows to their thinking Questions that reveal student thinking The link to Teaching for Learner Differences Questions to guide construction of knowledge