ENGAGE ME!
Published on Mar 03, 2016
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ENGAGE ME!
Active Math Learners = Deeper Understanding
Today we will discuss some ways you can get your learners actively involved so that they will have a deeper understanding of the math content.
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What get's you engaged?
Think about a time when you were truly engaged in something you enjoyed. Share the experience.
*Learning is social
*Choice is a motivator
*Retained when associated with a positive experience
*collaborative experiences yield best results
*Learning is social
*Choice is a motivator
*Retained when associated with a positive experience
*collaborative experiences yield best results
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COLLABORATION
Strategy #1
*Fosters positive interdependence
*Discourse promotes thinking and understanding
*Justify and reason
*Plan for content and process
*Discourse promotes thinking and understanding
*Justify and reason
*Plan for content and process
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
- Interpersonal relationships formed during cooperative learning have a high inpact on student achievement.
- Roseth and Johnson - 2006
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MULTIMEDIA MATH
STRATEGY #2
*Capture and maintain interest visually (appealing to 21st century learners)
*Promotes creativity and critical thinking (kids must make connections to content and see content as relevant)
*Provides opportunity for students to be imaginative (make learning fun)
*Students generate questions that THEY are interested in solving
*Promotes creativity and critical thinking (kids must make connections to content and see content as relevant)
*Provides opportunity for students to be imaginative (make learning fun)
*Students generate questions that THEY are interested in solving
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
- Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.
- Albert Einstein
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CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Strategy #3
DURING
*Maximizes productivity of individuals
*Clearly determine contributions made by all
*Differentiate based on ability level
AFTER
*System of self-monitoring (makes students aware of what they know and what they don't)
*Provides a space for meaningful reflection
*Identified void in own knowledge
*Maximizes productivity of individuals
*Clearly determine contributions made by all
*Differentiate based on ability level
AFTER
*System of self-monitoring (makes students aware of what they know and what they don't)
*Provides a space for meaningful reflection
*Identified void in own knowledge
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APPEAL TO EMOTION
Strategy #4
*Provides motivation to solve problems
*Ties learning experience with strong emotional response
*Emotional investment increases retention
*Ties learning experience with strong emotional response
*Emotional investment increases retention
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Ask yourself...
- How do these strategies promote deeper understanding?
PRESENT A CHALLENGE
Strategy #5
*Quality vs Quantity
*Met with enthusiasm
*Within zone of proximal development (ZPD)
*Meaningful learning experiences
*Met with enthusiasm
*Within zone of proximal development (ZPD)
*Meaningful learning experiences
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IDEA SHARING
Share ideas that engaged your learners and promoted deeper thinking and understanding
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