Growth Mindset in STEM

Collaboration

Bounded Instructional Activities that have the potential to promote discourse and build classroom community.

Number Talks

"Making Number Talks Matter: Developing Mathematical Practices and Deepening Understanding" by Cathy Humphreys & Ruth Parker

Error Analysis

My Favorite No: Learning From MistakesLeah Alcala gives her students a warm-up problem at the beginning of every class, which they solve on index cards. She quickly sorts through them, and from the wrong answers chooses her "favorite no." She and her kids then analyze what's right about the solution before delving in to what the writer doesn't understand that led them to answer incorrectly.

Always, Sometimes or Never TasksHere you can find all our primary 'always, sometimes or never?' tasks.

Agree/Disagree:

Ask students to agree with multiple statements or solutions to a problem. Statements and/or solutions should attend to common misconceptions in STEM.

Which One Does Not Belong

Students must convince each other which of the set does not belong with the others. For examples, check out www.wodb.ca.

Data Talks

What's Going On in This Graph?Graphs, maps and charts from The Times — and an invitation to students to discuss them live.

- Slow Reveal GraphsSlow Reveal Graph is an instructional routine that promotes sensemaking about data. This highly engaging routine uses scaffolded visuals and discourse to help students (in K-12 and beyond) make sense of data. As more and more of the graph is revealed, students refine their interpretation and construct meaning, often in surprising ways. This routine increases access for students without sacrificing rigor or engagement.

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Contact: Kathy Sun, Ph.D. (ksun@scu.edu) Last Update February 2024

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