Outcomes: The following questions will be addressed throughout the workshop
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What is productive struggle? |
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Why is productive struggle so important to students' mathematical learning? |
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How do we support productive struggle for each and every student? |
The questions below address the different components of the workshop:
Laying the Foundation
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What is productive struggle and why does it matter? |
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What does productive struggle look like in a classroom? |
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How do we create an environment for nurturing productive struggle? |
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What are student and teacher behaviors of productive struggle? |
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What is the difference between productive and destructive struggle? |
Establishing Goals and Selecting Tasks
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How do I establish mathematics goals within trajectory of learning? |
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What are the characteristics of a good task and how do I select them? |
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How do you anticipate where students might struggle? |
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How do you implement tasks with fidelity? How do I support productive struggle without reducing the demands of the task? |
Provoking and Supporting Struggle
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How do you adapt tasks? |
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How do I respond to students that have unfinished learning? |
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How do I accommodate students who are able to extend their understanding beyond the learning goal? |
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What does students' struggle look like when it's not productive and how do you navigate it? |
Misunderstandings Matter
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How are student misunderstandings and productive struggle connected? |
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How can I anticipate and address what misunderstandings students will have? |
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How do I interpret student work? |
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How can I begin to move student learning forward without telling too much? |
Questioning
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How should I react to my students' struggles? |
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What are the types of questions and the patterns they form? |
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How can revoicing and paraphrasing support productive struggle? |
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How can we move students forward when their learning is not yet finished? |
Apply It!
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What big ideas about productive struggle resonate with me? |
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What do others in similar professional roles think about productive struggle? |
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What actions will I take to enhance productive struggle in my classroom, building, or district? |
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Why is it important to address productive struggle coherently as part of a systemic learning culture? |
Content addressed (this is dependent on the grade band): Place value, addition, subtraction, fractions, multiplication, division, algebraic thinking and geometry