Getting to Know the "Frameworks"

Intro, Case for Change & Best Practices

While the "Frameworks" contains valuable information for math educators, comment on specific sections that may be helpful to address the issues of others.

Which of the six belief statements do you find easiest to accept and why?

Which of the six belief statements do you find most difficult to accept and why?

State your three biggest concerns with regard to the Five items given under, "What Need s to Change."

Provide your comments on how students learn as outlined in Part 1 of Best Practices.

How you might provide greater opportunity for students to learn or improve instruction based on Part 1 of Best Practices.

Give two new ideas you gained from Part 2 of the Best Practice section that discusses four areas:

  1. Planning Meaningful Tasks
  2. Using Concrete Materials
  3. Integrating Technology &
  4. Assessing Student Performance.

Identify a strategy given that you use in "Questioning for Higher Order Thinking."

"Reaching All Students" poses problems for all of us. Identify a new insight from this section and state the "group(s)" involved.