Strategies to Help Deepen Understanding in Senior Math

Sheri Walker & Mary Bourassa

Desmos!

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Teacher Dashboard

The Desmos Guide to Building Great (Digital) Math Activities

• Incorporate a variety of verbs and nouns
• Ask for informal analysis before formal analysis
• Create an intellectual need for new mathematical skills
• Create problematic activities
• Give students opportunities to be right and wrong in different, interesting ways
• Connect representations
• Create objects that promote mathematical conversations between teachers and students
• Create cognitive conflict
• Create activities that are easy to start and difficult to finish

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Looking for Activities?

Thinking Classroom

Everyday…

• Intro of topic
• VRG
• VNPS
• Consolidation

Good Problems

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More Good Problems

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Where Can I Find More?

Inspiration:

• Open Middle
• WODB
• Exeter
• Each other

then start making your own!

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Session info will be available...

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