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“Big Math Idea”

“Big Math Idea”. Five Attributes of Worthwhile Tasks. 1. It focuses on significant mathematical ideas. Big ideas in mathematics Problematic (solution not apparent immediately). 2. It is developmentally appropriate .

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“Big Math Idea”

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  1. “Big Math Idea”

  2. Five Attributes of Worthwhile Tasks

  3. 1. It focuses on significant mathematical ideas. • Big ideas in mathematics • Problematic (solution not apparent immediately)

  4. 2. It is developmentally appropriate • Ideas are within reach from both a cognitive level and from an experiential one

  5. 3. It is contextualized. • Situating mathematical tasks within everyday contexts

  6. 4. It offers an appropriate level of challenge. • Offer a cognitive challenge that requires students to make decisions and explore new ideas, and yet not be so challenging as to feel overwhelming.

  7. 5. It encourages multiple perspectives. • Stimulates a variety of strategies, representations, and mathematical ideas and encourages students to explain and justify their thinking.

  8. At your table… • Develop a worthwhile instructional task for an inclusive 4th grade classroom based on tonight’s “Big Math Idea”. • Justify why it is a worthwhile task.

  9. At your table… • Read description of “C.H.”

  10. At your table… • Brainstorm how you would support C.H. in order to make this a worthwhile task for him. Consider our discussion of scaffolds and tiers from our last class.

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