It's time to talk about one of our foundational ideas for facilitating Real Math! In this episode Pam and Kim detail a modeling framework that helps students to learn to model their own thinking, and then to use models as tools for, or in order to think about, computation.  The goal of the framework is for students to be able to reason and solve complex problems on their own with confidence.
Talking Points:

• Model vs. Strategies
• The different meanings for "model"
• In important modeling framework
• An example with sticks of gum and a ratio table
• How students learn to verbalize and model their own thinking
• How this framework differs from CRA