Concept - Based Mathematics by Leonel Barajas Meza https://padlet.com/lbaraja6/wbj51hlpf2fk15w8 Wathall Mindmap Ch. 5 en-us 2023-03-10 00:21:53 UTC 2025-12-24 00:57:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Concept - Based Mathematics lbaraja6 https://padlet.com/lbaraja6/wbj51hlpf2fk15w8/wish/2511050024 2023-03-10 00:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lbaraja6/wbj51hlpf2fk15w8/wish/2511050024 How to Engage Students lbaraja6 https://padlet.com/lbaraja6/wbj51hlpf2fk15w8/wish/2511247307 2023-03-10 03:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lbaraja6/wbj51hlpf2fk15w8/wish/2511247307 Social Learning Environment lbaraja6 https://padlet.com/lbaraja6/wbj51hlpf2fk15w8/wish/2511319554
  • Create student-centered activities so students are at the forefront and active rather than passive in their learning
  • Utilize the social component to your advantage since collaboration and discussing lead to deeper understanding
    • There are various strategies/methods to keep students focussed in a social learning such as 
    • Setting and modeling expectations 
    • Utilize timers and time constraints so that students feel a sense of urgency
    • Encouraging peer accountability
    • Creating engaging and interesting learning experiences that are student centered and inquiry/discovery based
    • Breaking up the class time into smaller 15-20 minute blocks since that is easier on the students
    • Utilizing differentiation so students are adequately challenged and not bored/disruptive because the material is too easy or too hard hence their disinterest
    ]]>     2023-03-10 04:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lbaraja6/wbj51hlpf2fk15w8/wish/2511319554     Growth Mindset lbaraja6 https://padlet.com/lbaraja6/wbj51hlpf2fk15w8/wish/2511322194
    • Fostering a safe space allows for mistakes and errors to be made
    • Errors/mistakes = important parts of learning 
    • The brain is malleable/there is plasticity, so the more mistakes we make, the more new neurons and synapses grow leading to brain development
    • Having a growth mindset allows students to grow from their mistakes rather than fleeing from challenges due to making mistakes
    • Students should feel comfortable enough to make mistakes because of the enviroment they are exposed to 

    ]]>     2023-03-10 04:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lbaraja6/wbj51hlpf2fk15w8/wish/2511322194     Teacher Talking Time vs Student Talking Time lbaraja6 https://padlet.com/lbaraja6/wbj51hlpf2fk15w8/wish/2512778610
  • Instead of the teacher talking the whole time, we should provide opportunities for students to engage from the beginning in smaller chunks of time
  • Around 15-20 minutes is a good cutoff since students start to tune out after this.
  • The goal should be not to talk no more than 20-30%, so that students are given time to discuss and discover among themselves.
  • It allows for student-centered learning and engagement while retaining attention of students.
  • It is important to have a balance since there will be times when more direct instruction is needed. This is an example of requiring more TTT.

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  • Effective differentiation ensures all students make progress regardless of where they have started in terms of understanding/math knowledge
  • We can offer various choices to approach the curriculum with varying levels of questions that achieve the same goal of understanding as to challenge students without making the higher performing students do more work
  • 4 Curriculum-related elements of differentiated classroom:
    • 1. By Content - tiered tasks of varying levels of difficulty
      • Allows for students to experience progress/challenges when learning math 
    • 2.By Process: Learning outcomes = same but students given choice of process
      • Tri - mind strategy - using 3 different approaches: analytical, practical, or creative 
    • 3. By Product: What the student creates at the end of a unit to show mastery
    • 4. By Affect: refers to ability to move emotionally or touch feelings of students



    • ]]>     2023-03-11 17:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lbaraja6/wbj51hlpf2fk15w8/wish/2512780436     Structure of the Classroom lbaraja6 https://padlet.com/lbaraja6/wbj51hlpf2fk15w8/wish/2512784745
  • Furniture (desks) should be rearrangeable to suit different needs/activities
    • During announcements or direct instruction, the desks can start forward 
    • When doing group activities, it is then easy to get into groups of four
    • It also gives the teacher more freedom to move around the classroom if students are working together and is more a facilitator. 
  • Includes Technology that facilitates interaction between students and the teacher 
    • For example, chromebooks, or the smartboard.
  • It should make it easier for students to participate in discussions, share ideas, and ask/ answer questions

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