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In my classroom there are many factors that contribute to an ideal learning environment and effective learning.

1) Students are highly engaged or have a WANT to learn as there is palpable energy and excitement in the room.

2) All students persevere through challenges and begin to understand and accept mistakes as a way to grow.

3) Students have gained a grasp of the content and concepts presented

4) Students can apply their knowledge to different contexts and real world situations and can retain the information.

5) Free of anxiety and fear as they approach each problem with a growth mindset and willingness to make a mistake

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Fostering a growth mindset among students is essential as it can can cause significant improvements in achievement, test scores, and helps create a mindset that values education and learning as a whole.

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1) Shift tone around learning by praising effort not intelligence. EX: That is great work and effort on that problem. vs You are so smart.

2) Make productive struggle normal and encourage that mistakes are just opportunities to grow

3) Introduce the concept of a growth mindset explicitly by explaining how the brain grows with effort

4) Promoting collaborative learning will encourage students to explain their thinking and understanding of concepts and get to learn from their peers struggle as well.

5) SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS - a lot of students sell themselves short in terms of what they can and can not do. Shoe them that all students can learn math and that they can grow through failure and effort.

6) Model Growth Mindset - my mentor teaches uses "yet" statements a lot such as "you don't understand it YET, but you will"

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1) Promotes Continuous Collaboration

2) Implements tasks that promote reasoning and problem solving

3) Poses purposeful questions that makes students connect concepts and think critically about the importance of each topic

4) Supports and encourages productive struggle as students grapple with math ideas and relationships

5) Facilitates meaningful math conversations that way students can analyze and compare different approaches and arguments to math concepts and build their understanding

6) Encourages students to make connections between topics and find how and why these connections and topics are useful

7) SET CLEAR OBJECTIVES AND GOALS TO FOCUS STUDENTS LEARNING

8) Gives problems in multiple contexts

9) Differentiates to meet the needs of all learners and gives students opportunities to be comfortable in their learning

10) Promotes and gives students opportunities for self discovery and learning as well as creates those "aha" moments

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Teaching Math Using The Four Principles of How People Learn

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This idea is going to be a main focus in my future classroom as I hope that students have the ability to generalize from specific examples.

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Want students to be able to critically think/problem solve, as well as create their own ideas so it is important not to spoon feed answers but instead promote students to come up with their answer through productive struggle and creative/collaborative ideas.

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Leading the Transition to Concept Based Math Curriculum

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Leading the Transition to Concept Based Math Curriculum

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This book was eye opening in terms of the value that inquiry and generalizing math concepts is into long term knowledge and grasp of content. I believe that math is a phenomenal subject because everything builds on top of itself, and with that identifying the connections and relationships between concepts is the main goal of the students. Inquiry based learning makes students come up with their ideas themselves allowing them to take control of their own learning which in turn builds their motivation and creates that growth mindset. With that being said, I do believe that there is a balance necessary between direct explicit instruction and inquiry, but taking a more inquiry centered approach towards each unit can create the most effective math classroom environment. Let students fail, let student talk, let students persevere, let students question, and let students practice. This will allow students to win in their learning.

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Want the teacher to create the environment for learning rather than just deliver the content. This can be done by creating engaging lessons and math experiences.

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Help students navigate challenges, think critically, and develop necessary skills for learning math.

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You spend so much time at school as a child so want to create a space that feels comfortable, safe, and inclusive. I also want to strive to see the students succeed and want them to see that in each other.

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Want to motivate students to love learning and inspire them to reach their goals.

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Presenting students with content that could be useful in future careers or everyday life. And even if it isn't the content can help build students overall knowledge and help them make connections to other fields.

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Rubric for Developing as a Concept Based Teacher

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Rubric for Developing as a Concept Based Teacher

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I can use the rubric is a multitude of ways throughout my teaching. Firstly and most importantly I can use the rubric to create effective and interactive lessons and lesson plans. Here are two things I know I will use daily.

1) I like how it mentions lesson opening must engage synergistic thinking by asking students to consider the knowledge and or skills they will be learning but through a conceptual question or lens. Also want to connect and extend to previous learning.

2) I will use the assessment methods section as a way to ensure that the way I check for understanding helps promote the transfer of learning across multiple scenarios and is relevant to the unit.

The rubrics three tiers of novice, emerging, and master are important to help identify where you can build and improve in instruction. I think that the rubric is a good way to check myself before I fully commit to a lesson plan and helps me consider all factors in creating an effective and growth inducing lesson for students.