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I learned that there are a number of viewpoints and perspectives to think about when deciding on beliefs. I was paired up with a group of elementary teachers and their perspective was great to hear compared to what I see every day in the high school setting. It was great to hear what we do similarly even though we teach much different age groups.

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Today opened my mind to the viewpoints of people in higher grade levels. As a third grade teacher, I am just introducing the concept of abstract learning to my students. They're so concrete and literal in K-2. They're also not used to having open-ended questions. Especially in math. It's interesting to see how higher grade levels are able to get their students to be okay with the "everyone's answer may be different" concept. I think Elementary is so focused on computation when the focus in higher grade levels is application.

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Students can learn mathematics through exploring and solving contextual and mathematical problems.

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Teacher provides student with appropriate challenge and encourages perseverance through productive struggle because students should not always feel as though there is only a right/wrong answer. The process, relevancy and ability to support an answer is important in creating THINKERS not rule/formula followers.

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Our role is to evaluate all materials fairly. We should look for how the materials meet our Common Vision that includes our experiences, best practices, and research.  We should also look for the practical application of the resources in the classroom.

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I grew more in understanding toward people with a different goal and a different perspective. I didn't think about Elementary teachers answering the same questions. They are faced with a different student than I see every day. I deal with students that have prior knowledge, but a first grade teacher is probably not.

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I learned that it is not always necessary for the students to know a formula to apply it to a real world problem. I grew in the fact that I can confindently go back and give open ended math questions with multiple answers

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The role of the student is to be actively involved in making sense of mathematics tasks by using varied strategies and representations, justifying solutions, making connections to prior knowledge or familiar contexts and experiences, and considering the reasoning of others...because that's, in a nutshell, what math is all about...as well as providing opportunity to attain the EPS Instructional Vision.

It is "preparing students to be college & career ready requiring strategic learning experiences relative to content standards and post-secondary expectations..."

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It is clear that we all care about kids and educating them. It was interesting hearing about the different perspectives on how we can approach teaching math and our goals within our classrooms. I was reminded that experience, grade level, and other aspects bridge together learning in more ways than we might initially think.

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I think the belief that mathematics learning should focus on developing understanding of concepts

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#1 The role of teacher is to engage students in tasks that promote reasoning and problem solving. We must provide a sense of community in the classroom to encourage collaborative communication. This will lead to higher level thinking. #BLOOMS

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Students can learn mathematics through exploring and solving contextual and mathematical problems. I believe when students can learn, apply, and immerse themselves in their learning by manipulating, drawing from prior knowledge & experiences, and then applying it to their real life experiences, the learning becomes real Nd tangible.

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Mathematics learning should focus on practicing procedures and memorizing basic number combinations. I believe we need to move away from answering questions from a textbook and find  new ways to engage students. Students gain so much more from an activity or sharing with other students than a worksheet.

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Today I learned that a verb can change your thinking within a question regarding student learning and as a teacher teaching a concept

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I believe that the belief that students can learn mathematics through exploring and solving contextual and mathematical problems will help me the most in selecting new textbooks. I feel that selecting a book that strikes a balance between posing more routine mathematical problems as well as offers opportunities for exploration of contextual problems is important.

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My role is to find books that best fulfill the common beliefs of the group.

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My role as a member on the adoption comittee is to ensure that the chosen curriculum gives both students and teachers the flexibility to explore new ideas, as well as the ability for teachers to guide and model different techniques in a way that doesn't just spoonfeed, but challenges students to find their own techniques.

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It will be important for us to keep an open mind and open communication about the various needs at all levels. It will be vital for us to look with a different lens rather than simply our own opinions and experiences.

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Our role is to ensure our curriculum reflects the beliefs of the teachers of Edmond. We want to make sure our curriculum is useable and student friendly so our students have the best opportunity to learn mathematics.

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I think most of the beliefs center around real world ideas with the students teaching themselves v step by step ideas with the teacher led instruction

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The role of the student is to be actively involved in tasks that require them to stretch their thinking. Making them question and look for solutions helps the information be more
meaninful.

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I see my role as ensuring the adoption process meets the needs of the evolving math classroom. While much of today was spent on looking at inquiry, discussion, discourse, etc.--I think that is very different than what is happening in a majority of classroooms today. Therefore, as a member of this committee, I want to make sure that the curriculum that is being considered provides supports, ready made activities, and resources for teachers to utilize as they move through the implementation process.

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An effective teacher provides students with appropriate challenges, encourages perseverance in solving problems, and supports productive struggle in learning mathematics. I think this will help the most because it's what any teacher wants for any of her children regardless of subject.

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My role is to ensure that the textbooks chosen are books that allow our students to discover and persevere in mathematics without giving up and learn to reason and apply what they learned in the real world.

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My role as a teacher is to engage students in tasks that promote reasoning and problem solving and facilitate discourse that moves students toward an understanding of mathematics. I want my students to UNDERSTAND math, not just DO math. Hopefully, when they UNDERSTAND math, they will LOVE math!

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Mathematics learning should focus on developing understanding of concepts and procedures through problem solving reasoning and discussion. Elementary students need time to explore the content before formal teaching occurs.

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Allowing students the autonomy to be actively involved in making sense of their mathematics tasks, and making connections to prior knowledge will definitely change mathematics teaching. When teachers guide students in become responsible for their learning, true authentic problem solving will occur.

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I think mathematics learning should focus on an understanding of concepts through problem solving so that they can construct their own meaningful understanding of concepts.

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I see my role as selecting textbooks which provide a range of stategies & approaches from which to choose in solving problems, etc that accommodates all of our students.

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Memorial

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Students can learn mathematics through exploring and solving contextual and mathematical problems.

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I was stretched to contemplate how things may not be black and white.

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Keep people open minded to challenging, open-answer teaching!