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Best Practices for Teaching Math Seward Presentation Powerpoint Handout Norris Presentation Powerpoint Google Doc Best Practices for Teaching Math Aurora Presentation PowerPoint PDF Lenny VerMaas, lennyvermaas@gmail.com Home website http://lvermaas.wikispaces.com/

Independent Reviews of Educational Materials by Educators EdReports Matt Larson, NCTM Ignite presentation "Balancing the equation" Jo Boaler, Memorizers are the lowest achievers on assessments and other surprises. "We don’t need students to calculate quickly in math. We need students who can ask good questions, map out pathways, reason about complex solutions, set up models and communicate in different forms." From Jo Boaler Teacher Understanding and Growth Mindset Before Memorization Blog Post Study finds that students who report using memorization alone when studying math are successful with easier problems, but struggle with more difficult ones.
 * "Six Things Teachers Can Do to Close the Math Achievement Gap"
 * Why kids should use fingers in math class.

Understanding Subtraction why understanding is better than memorizing 10 min video From Marilyn Burns Instead of seeing a mistake ask "What are my students thinking?"
 * Another way to Subtract
 * Subtraction Algorithm gone bad
 * Subtract by adding

Four purposes to aim for when assigning math homework.

STEM resources vocab Resources Video Breaks [|Kid Snippets Math Class] [|My Favorite Number] from Big Bang NCTM president looks at the Curriculum process []
 * The Most Important Consideration: What Will Be Best for Our Students **
 * Lotus Chart **
 * Lotus Chart for [|Best Practices for Teaching Math]
 * Blank lotus chart and other samples
 * What does good mathematics teaching look like? **
 * Here are ten "big ideas" [|Marilyn Burns] embraces for helping children learn, understand, and enjoy math class. “ [|Marilyn Burns 10 Big Ideas] ” [|Google Doc]
 * “Principles to Actions, Ensuring Mathematics Success for All” National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, NCTM 2014
 * [|Eight Mathematics Teaching Practices]
 * [|NCTM links] and related information
 * Common Core
 * [|Eight Mathematical Practices] from Common Core
 * Lenny’s links for Common Core
 * Phil Daro's against answer getting. American Teachers: How can I teach my students to get the answer this problem? Uses mathematics they already know. Easy, reliable, works with the bottom half of the class and good for classroom management. Japanese: How can I use this problem to teach the mathematics of this unit?
 * Upside Down Teaching **
 * Lenny’s Links for Upside Down Teaching
 * Cathy Seeley, former president of NCTM says “ Structured struggle and purposeful talking can lead to learning.” [|Constructive Struggling] 5 minute video
 * Take a look at the article above “constructive struggling” The Power of YET.
 * Estimation Activity **
 * Statistics and box plots
 * Dan Meyer **
 * Lenny’s Links for Dan Meyer
 * Dan Meyer on real world math [|Video 1] plus short article
 * same video [|Video 2 from ASCD]
 * Dan Meyer, Teaching GREAT Dan Meyer, math needs a makeover. [|T][|ed Talk]
 * Growth Mindset **
 * Lenny’s Links for Growth Mindset
 * 21st Century Learning **
 * Video “ [|Education Today and Tomorrow] ”
 * Student vs Learner - [|T][|he][|H][|ousewarming]
 * Student vs Learner - [|T][|he Quiz]
 * Student vs Learner - [|The][|T][|eacher]
 * “ [|Shift Happens] ” A look into the future of jobs
 * NCTM, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics**
 * http://nctm.org/
 * Beyond Standards: Coherence a message from NCTM president. []
 * Nebraska Standards and Table of Specs**
 * http://lvermaas.wikispaces.com/Math+Standards+and+Testing
 * Nebraska Standard in Vertical and Horizontal format.