Reflecting on PracticeDay 11

Does a median divide the triangle into two equal areas?

Solve on your own

This is the question as asked to the students you’ll hear from shortly.

What would you do?

Read through what happened in Tom’s class. Decide on where the class environment is on our rubric. Be sure to have evidence to justify your level.

Discussion Rubric

Make a T-table

What teacher moves that foster or inhibit discussion do you see explicit in Tom’s transcript? Implicit?

Tom’s Transcript

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Read through what happened in Lyle’s class.

Lyle’s Transcript

Lyle’s Transcript

What teacher moves that foster or inhibit discussion do you see explicit in Lyle’s transcript? Implicit?

Lyle’s Transcript

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Gallery Walk

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Is there anything you would like to ask one of the groups to clarify or expand upon?

Are there important ideas that should be emphasized?

Results of Gallery Walk

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Does your viewing of the teacher moves from all the groups change your mind about the nature of discussion in the two classes?

Why or why not?

Do you have evidence for your decision?

Discussion

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Are there any general points you’d like to make or comment on?

Wrap-up

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Some final notes

Closure

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Re-read the Makoto article (on Ning!)

Look for evidence of “math talk”

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Homework