After Math by Arturo Wong

Mimicking

mmartinez2_124 — 2025-09-22 21:23:37 UTC

There is a huge difference between learning the concept and copying the procedures. With mimicking students do not think critically, they try to do a problem the same way. To modify our lessons we can give students autonomy with activities and have them see multiple paths to the same concept.

Students’ autonomy: How do you feel about the idea of students borrowing ideas from other groups? How does this align with your sense of what it means to be able to do mathematics?

2025-09-22 21:24:31 UTC

*loved it.

*learn from where you can

*understand it better from peers

*observing other people's work and encourage students to do more work or a longer thinking process

*build community

Consolidating lessons

fchavolla1 — 2025-09-22 21:25:02 UTC

7. Peter Liljedahl suggests getting students to think about a task within the first five minutes of class. This removes from our practice the ability to teach at the beginning of the lesson. The actual “teaching” happens at the end of the lesson, through consolidation. How do you feel about this?

*students are active

*When the teacher explains it later, the student will connect because they have already been working through it.

Collaboration

2025-09-22 21:26:18 UTC

Putting multiple students with behavior problems together in a group is the worst combination. They will be distracted from the task, and they feed off each others' energy. They would interfere with the progress of the rest of the group or the rest of the class. The teacher's time and energy is used on behavior management rather than teaching.

Place to show work

2025-09-22 21:26:27 UTC

Have students take notes in their own way, but definitely to mimic for the beginning and then lead off into more individual thinking

Thinking Session

jvaldez75 — 2025-09-22 21:28:49 UTC

Critical Thinking

Collaboration

Multiple Solution Paths

High Engagement

Everyone has access to the problem and can generate multiple solution paths.

Thinking session

2025-09-22 21:29:56 UTC

An element of this experience that sets apart a “thinking session” from a regular academic activity is the freedom of thought. There is no wrong in involving bouncing ideas off others.

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2025-09-22 21:30:50 UTC

The potential gains outweigh the instructional time lost. It builds student perseverance and confidence, and it gets them engaged in thinking about math without worrying about grades. Language barriers and special needs may present a struggle, and those students can be lost if not considered when planning the activities. However, we gain student growth in our POG skills.