New learning approach: Students talk through the math

  • August 10, 2016

    New learning approach: Students talk through the math

    Hutchinson Leader

    For most, thoughts of early math lessons conjure images of number lines, multiplication tables and memorization. But a few teachers at West Elementary School are trying a new approach: talking it out.

    “It's a five- to 15-minute group conversation around a purposely crafted problem,” first-grade teacher Susan Schantzen told the Hutchinson School Board Monday evening.

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