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Strategies to Help Deepen Understanding in Senior Math

Sheri Walker & Mary Bourassa

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Desmos!

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Teacher Dashboard

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  • 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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Follow

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Looking for Activities?

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Thinking Classroom

Everyday…

  • Intro of topic
  • VRG
  • VNPS
  • Consolidation

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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...

marybourassa.blogspot.ca

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Contact Information

Sheri Walker

@SheriWalker72

sheri.walker@ocdsb.ca

Mary Bourassa

@MaryBourassa

mary.bourassa@ocdsb.ca