tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071719252136968205.post8218440204026613341..comments2024-03-19T01:01:56.845-07:00Comments on Following Learning: Rows of applesSimon Gregghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07751362728185120933noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071719252136968205.post-53677736655448128812015-12-15T13:04:50.935-08:002015-12-15T13:04:50.935-08:00Hi Mark,
I feel a bit embarrassed by your very goo...Hi Mark,<br />I feel a bit embarrassed by your very good question - because I'm perhaps just not doing enough problem solving!<br /><br />I tend not to give this kind of task, where students have to make mathematical sense of a situation and decide which tools to use, and maybe need to find ways to up the number of lessons where students are having to manage part of the modelling process, in this case finding mathematics to model a real-world-ish question. I use estimation 180 on an almost weekly basis, but I'm thinking that some of these should be expanded from a 10-minute task to one that perhaps takes up 40 minutes. I like Graham Fletcher's 3-acts lots, for instance his recent<br />http://gfletchy.com/2015/12/14/beginning-a-unit-with-a-3-act-task/<br /><br />I say perhaps and maybe, because it's only very recently that tasks like this, that show a way of giving a word problem without the heartache, have shown a way forward for me. I still need to think about it all...<br /><br />So sorry, I'm not much help!Simon Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751362728185120933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071719252136968205.post-54029473312392098912015-12-15T10:18:59.661-08:002015-12-15T10:18:59.661-08:00Hi Simon,
You mentioned you don't use word pro...Hi Simon,<br />You mentioned you don't use word problems often. Have you replaced your problem solving with 3 Act Tasks or is there something else you do more often. I love your claims and the use of the rods. Is that what you do most of your problem solving with? I'm interested to hear what you use most often. In Ontario we are stuck still with EQAO which is a province wide test that still uses many word problems so many teachers that I work with as a coach are scared to move away from them. I have been trying to show them other alternatives. Any advice you have would be appreciated. Thanks<br />Mark StampAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283291764124745874noreply@blogger.com