If You Let Your Students Surprise You, They Will

Date: March 8, 2022

For many students, math class embodies the opposite of surprise: getting the right answer and using the right way to get to that answer. But the most joyful learning-and teaching!-happens when we relish ambiguity, invite the unexpected, and let students surprise us with their varied brilliance.

Presenters: Eli Luberoff

Recommended Grade Level: 6 - 12

Hosted by: Leigh Nataro

Watch the full presentation at: https://www.bigmarker.com/GlobalMathDept/If-You-Let-Your-Students-Surprise-You-They-Will

If You Let Your Students Surprise You, They Will

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Watch the full presentation at: https://www.bigmarker.com/GlobalMathDept/Finding-Joy-in-Math

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(Note: Due to technical difficulties, about 6 minutes of the audio was edited out.)

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Hosted by: Leigh Nataro

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Watch the full presentation at: https://www.bigmarker.com/GlobalMathDept/Building-Thinking-Classrooms-Six-Years-Later

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Hosted by: Leigh Nataro

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Watch the full presentation at: https://www.bigmarker.com/GlobalMathDept/Grading-and-Assessment-and-more-Where-Do-We-Go-From-Here

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Hosted by: Leigh Nataro

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Watch the full presentation at: https://www.bigmarker.com/GlobalMathDept/What-We-Learned-About-Math-Teaching-and-Technology-While-Building-Desmos

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Hosted by: Leigh Nataro

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Watch the full presentation at: https://www.bigmarker.com/GlobalMathDept/Street-Data-from-Implementing-Building-Thinking-Classrooms-in-Middle-School

If You Let Your Students Surprise You, They Will

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