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Concept-Specific Open-Ended Questions

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Concept-Specific Open-Ended Questions

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About the course ... The Workshopping of Concept-Specific Open-Ended Questions is arguably the easiest and most powerful strategy to enable a class of students to grasp specific mathematical concepts. And once proficient, it requires zero prep! This course gives insight into concept-specific Open-Ended Questions, why they powerfully promote conceptual understanding, and how to create them. However, the key to this approach is the workshopping aspect, a technique many maths teachers are unfamiliar with. This course walks participants through, step-by-step, the workshopping aspect. The Workshopping of Concept-Specific Open-Ended Questions will give you unlimited ideas across every topic and year level and will have you implementing 'tomorrow'.

Course Overview

    • Welcome

    • Course Aims and Requirements

    • Some logistics about the course

    • Introduce Yourself

    • Two types of Mathematical Understanding

    • When was the last time you ...

    • Mathematical Understanding - Two Curious Things

    • Concept-specific OEQs and the Workshopping Process

    • Create your own Concept-Specific OEQs

    • Getting Ready To Implement ... Your Initial Thoughts

    • Workshopping of Concept-specific OEQs - Overview

    • Your First Implementations

    • Workshopping OEQs with measures of central tendency

    • Rounding decimal numbers

    • The Art Of Workshopping - A Summary

    • Algebraic simplification

    • Create more Concept-specific OEQs

    • Share your OEQs and reflections on workshopping concept-Specific OEQs

    • Six Super Tips When Implementing New Strategies

    • Your Implementation Reports

    • Related courses

    • We'd Love Your Feedback

  • Meet the course producers

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