Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 37.  Today we are looking at building Mathematical Argument in the Elementary Classroom.

I love understanding the WHY to anything.  I wasn’t always that way. I used to be that good student who would just follow and do whatever my teachers told me to do.  It seemed as though teachers would get irritated by those kids who would ask WHY...WHY does this work? WHY do I have to learn this?

The book I’m sharing with you today talks about WHY kids need to investigate the WHY and how to do it in your classroom.  But Why Does it Work? Mathematical Arguments in the Elementary Classroom by Susan Jo Russell, Deborah Shifter, Reva Kasman, Virginia Bastable, and Traci Higgins. Get all the info here: buildmathminds.com/37