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Accessible Mathematics: Ten Instructional Shifts That Raise Student Achievement by Steven Leinwand
5.0
Some great points he made
1) Use things that work in reading literacy classes to improve mathematical literacy. Prediction, inferences, the whole shebang. This is especially true as students try to solve word problems that are multi-factorial in the dimensions of thinking that are needed.
2) Use multiple representations of the same thing! A quarter can be represented by a pie chart, 25 cents, or a piece of 4 whole pieces. Do more to show that what you're talking about is not mere numbers and symbols on a chalkboard.
3) Distributed cumulative practice is proven to work better for skill retention. In layman's terms spaced repetition but incorporating all knowledge learned thusfar and not just the skill at hand is king. Always take the opportunity to bring back concepts from older lessons in your warm-ups.
4) Have students justify and criticize math where possible. Math is a special case of philosophy where argumentation is often about the numerical nature of the world and it has room for things philosophers often enjoy doing because of it, debating!
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1) Use things that work in reading literacy classes to improve mathematical literacy. Prediction, inferences, the whole shebang. This is especially true as students try to solve word problems that are multi-factorial in the dimensions of thinking that are needed.
2) Use multiple representations of the same thing! A quarter can be represented by a pie chart, 25 cents, or a piece of 4 whole pieces. Do more to show that what you're talking about is not mere numbers and symbols on a chalkboard.
3) Distributed cumulative practice is proven to work better for skill retention. In layman's terms spaced repetition but incorporating all knowledge learned thusfar and not just the skill at hand is king. Always take the opportunity to bring back concepts from older lessons in your warm-ups.
4) Have students justify and criticize math where possible. Math is a special case of philosophy where argumentation is often about the numerical nature of the world and it has room for things philosophers often enjoy doing because of it, debating!
See full review: https://www.soroushtorkian.com/accessmaths/