Building a Team of Learners

Autor: Karen M. Higgins
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Teaching Children Mathematics. 19:490-496
ISSN: 2327-0780
1073-5836
DOI: 10.5951/teacchilmath.19.8.0490
Popis: www.nctm.org T his article has a twofold purpose: (1) to share the power of opening the classroom door to a community of professional learners through “studio” sessions (see the sidebar on p. 494) so that we might grow in our collective knowledge regarding the teaching and learning of mathematics, and (2) to share what a group of secondgrade students taught us about teaching geometry. The lessons discussed in studio formed the basis of this article and were primarily designed in collaboration with the consultant, coach, and studio teacher, although certain aspects of the lesson, such as opportunities for student discourse, involved the entire community. Ten to fi fteen teachers and two or three administrators were involved in studio over fi ve cycles of three consecutive days each during the school year, for a total of fi fteen days. The teachers and administrators in the group were different each day but predominantly spanned kindergarten through grade 5 and came from different schools in the same district. The particular group of students Building a Team of Learners
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