How might focusing questions allow fourth grade students to engage in productive struggle during mathematics instruction?
Brady Youngberg
Seminar Title
How might focusing questions allow fourth grade students to engage in productive struggle during mathematics instruction?
Concept/Strategy
Focus of the Research
Productive struggle
Grade Level
Research Was Applied
4th Grade
Relevant Grade Level
Connections
Elementary
Discipline
Where Research Was Applied
Mathematics
Additional Discipline Areas
I see Application to
All Disciplines
Invitation/Commercial
When faced with challenge, how do we want our students to respond? Do we want them to give up and wait for someone to give them the answer? Or would we rather push them to evaluate the problem, activate prior knowledge, and begin the search for a solution? I myself believe firmly in the latter, but the problem lies with this: How? How can we teach them to figure out what they need to solve the problem and use their skills to leave the problem in the dust? Learning how to persevere through difficulty is more than an academic skill, it is a life skill. It is our duty to teach our students how to get on without us. By using focusing questions in our dialogue with them, we put the learning back in their hands, using their thoughts to guide the learning process. Join us to collaborate and discuss the ways in which we teach our students to believe in themselves and their abilities, so that they can solve the problems the world presents them with.