Episode 37 - Mathematical Argument in the Elementary Classroom

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  

Om Podcasten

The Build Math Minds podcast is for my fellow Recovering Traditionalists out there. If you don’t know whether or not you are a Recovering Traditionalist, here’s how I define us. We are math educators who used to teach math the traditional way. Flip lesson by lesson in the textbook, directly teaching step-by-step how to solve math problems. But now, we are working to change that to a style of teaching math that is fun and meets our students where they are at, not just teaching what comes next in the textbook. We want to encourage our students to be thinkers, problem solvers, and lovers of mathematics..we are wanting to build our students math minds and not just create calculators. If that is you, then this podcast is for you.