<p>Pencil or pen? So many educators are adamant that kids MUST use pencils in math class so they can erase their errors. In today's episode I'm wondering if pens could actually be better. Perhaps there is value in keeping mistakes on the page as our student's work to get to answers.</p>

Pencil or pen? So many educators are adamant that kids MUST use pencils in math class so they can erase their errors. In today's episode I'm wondering if pens could actually be better. Perhaps there is value in keeping mistakes on the page as our student's work to get to answers.

Episode 134 - Pencil or Pen?

The Build Math Minds podcast is for my fellow Recovering Traditionalists out there. If you don't know whether or not you are a Recovering Traditionalist, here's how I define us. We are math educators who used to teach math the traditional way. Flip lesson by lesson in the textbook, directly teaching step-by-step how to solve math problems. But now, we are working to change that to a style of teaching math that is fun and meets our students where they are at, not just teaching what comes next in the textbook. We want to encourage our students to be thinkers, problem solvers, and lovers of mathematics..we are wanting to build our students math minds and not just create calculators. If that is you, then this podcast is for you.

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