CueNotes - CueThink

By CueThink

Podcast series offering classroom instructional and implementation ideas for critical thinking from the educators at CueThink - an innovative peer-to-peer iPad application for math problem solving. To... more

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The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.

CueNotes - CueThink episodes:

August 05, 2015 Annotations Tic-Tac-Toe
Empower and foster student engagement in providing peer feedback. A sense
of control, purpose and confidence can positively influence student
motivation and achievement - choice is a key element. The annotations
TIC-TAC-TOE template provides student choice as well as scaffolds.
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March 26, 2015 Pathways to Perseverance
Sense-making and perseverance are key skills for students independent of
content area. Pressed for time to cover topics, teachers genuinely feel
they help students with hints and tricks - when in fact allowing for
failure and grit in problem solving produces more enduring learning. How do
you cultivate this culture of productive struggle and perseverance?
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February 25, 2015 Introducing a new app, tool, technology
How do we get inquiry and student learning to “stick”? First consider how
to introduce new apps or technology. Acknowledge that the audience is just
starting and that learning the tool should be separated from learning new
academic concepts. Keep in mind as well that “learning is more durable when
it is effortful.”
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February 05, 2015 Problem Solving in Four Phases
Using Polya’s four phases of problem solving - UNDERSTAND, PLAN, SOLVE, and
REVIEW - students work becomes dynamic, iterative and metacognitive.
Students unfamiliar with this process may need guidance to start, work,
reflect and connect. This might initially be sequential but does not need
to stay as a linear process.
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January 28, 2015 Using a “three reads” strategy to launch the four phases of problem solving
Help students engage in understanding before rushing to solve. Close
reading, typically associated with ELA, “peels the onion” uncovering layers
of meaning in a text for deeper comprehension. Using three reads, students
close listen, then close read to ground their thinking, reasoning, delay
answer-getting and surface misconceptions.
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January 21, 2015 Encouraging Student Voices
Students typically do not associate math class with oral presentations!
Guidance is often needed as students think out loud and present their
mathematical pondering. These strategies enhance students’ recording
ability and confidence, and create conditions to support students in
recording their mathematical thinking through audio.
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January 14, 2015 Compare and Contrast
How to get students thinking meta-cognitively with CueThink. How to give
them an opportunity to share what they create, both with peers and at
home.
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How many episodes does CueNotes - CueThink have?

The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.