Support Productive Struggle in Learning Mathematics
Effective teaching of mathematics consistently provides students, individually and collectively, with opportunities and supports to engage in productive struggle as they grapple with mathematical ideas and relationships.
Core Components with a brief description of specific adult actions (The teacher will…)
Anticipate Approaches: Anticipate what students might struggle with during a lesson and be prepared to support them productively through the struggle.
Processing Time with Scaffolding: Give students time to struggle with tasks, and ask questions that scaffold students’ thinking without stepping in to do the work for them.
Struggles are a Part of Learning: Help students realize that confusion and errors are a natural part of learning, by facilitating discussions on mistakes, misconceptions, and struggles.
Persistence: Praise students for their efforts in making sense of mathematical ideas and perseverance in reasoning through problems.
Copied from Evidence Based Practices, Programs and Policies - MDE 2018
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