Mathematical Mindsets
Kyle Evans
Education 350
Trinity College
January 2019
How do you see the shapes growing from one case to the next?
Use manipulatives, drawings, colors, etc. to describe the pattern in as many ways as you can.
Case 1 Case 2 Case 3
Using your patterns, how many squares are in:
Case 7? Case 100? Case n?
How do you know?
Case 1 Case 2 Case 3
Discussion questions from the Jo Boaler article:
(1) Why DO so many students hate and/or fear math?
(2) In what ways does this article resonate with your own K-12 math experiences?
How did the square patterns activity (task) connect to the article?
13 + 23 + 33 + 43 + 53 + 63 = (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6)2
1 2 3 4 5 6
(1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6)
32
32
42
42
52
52
52
52
62
62
62
62
Rich Mathematical Tasks
which promote
Conceptual Understanding