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Why Diagnostics Should Drive Your Instruction - An Interview With Kat Hendry


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Today we speak to Kat Hendry a teacher from Jon’s hometown of Kingston Ontario! 

Kat has shown her passion for MANY areas of mathematics education, however in particular, she’s very keen on the importance of diagnostics and descriptive feedback in math class and has been digging into why we need to focus more attention in this area. 

Stick around and you’ll learn: how to start your journey to implement diagnostics and descriptive feedback effectively without keeping up at night worried with overwhelm, and the 5 phases of a diagnostic so you can utilize them in your teaching. 

What you’ll learn: 

  • How to start your journey to implement diagnostics and descriptive feedback effectively without keeping up at night worried with overwhelm. 
  • The 5 phases of a diagnostic and how to utilize them in your teaching. 

Resources: 

Week of Inspirational Math YouCubed

Kat Hendry on Twitter

The 5 phases of the diagnostic 

Taking Shape [BOOK]

What to Look For? [BOOK]


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