Engagement & Active Learning

If you’re interested in implementing 3 Act Math or other open-ended math problems, I highly recommend the book 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions. The 5 Practices framework helps teachers plan and facilitate productive math discussions so students can share strategies, analyze mistakes, and connect mathematical ideas. In this post, I’ll walk through how I used the five practices during a linear functions lesson using the Stacking Cups activity. L

Think-Pair-Share: A Powerful Strategy for Math Classroom Discussions Think-Pair-Share is probably the most common learning strategy in my classroom. But before we move on assuming we know how it works, it’s worth slowing down and really looking at what it should look like in practice. For a long time, I thought I understood Think-Pair-Share, but I didn’t truly grasp it until someone modeled the routine for me in a real classroom. When implemented well, Think-Pair-Share become