Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 3 where we are going to look at what it takes to have a Balanced Instructional approach to the teaching of mathematics.

When people first learn about changing their teaching to include conceptual understanding they often throw out the procedural fluency...saying things like “well, they got it wrong but their thinking was pretty good, so I’m still going to mark it correct”.  Yes we do want to acknowledge when kids are progressing with their thinking but getting correct answers and having procedural fluency is still important. Building a child’s math mind is about finding that balance between building their conceptual understanding while also ensuring they develop procedural fluency.  

Get full show notes, transcript and more info here: https://buildmathminds.com/3