“Good” lessons and tasks - ones that allow for multiple solution strategies & support students to explore and reason - are a great start for supporting every student to actively engage and learn math. But "good" lessons/tasks aren't enough to address status issues that can limit students' access and learning in math, especially for small group work. As a teacher, it is important for you to understand how to adapt math lessons and tasks to foster productive group work, so that students have opportunities to learn from their peers and from diverse perspectives. In this exam, you’ll have a chance to demonstrate your ability to develop a groupworthy math task by adapting an existing lesson or task.
Your group will be given a "good" task that can be adapted for more effective collaborative learning. You will have two hours to:
Demonstrate knowledge of mathematics concepts, practices, and curriculum:
Demonstrate pedagogical knowledge and practices for teaching mathematics:
Demonstrate knowledge of students as learners of mathematics:
Demonstrate awareness of social contexts of mathematics teaching and learning: