tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964889903484807623.post9119398422048261631..comments2023-12-18T04:44:25.358-08:00Comments on Questions?: Almost Blew This OneDavid Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06277427735527075341noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964889903484807623.post-25105114351063846312009-11-02T07:18:17.000-08:002009-11-02T07:18:17.000-08:00JimBetween my CPM training and the AVID workshops ...Jim<br>Between my CPM training and the AVID workshops I took on Socratic Seminar, I really look for opportunity to step back and let the students run the discussion. However, even though I am looking for the opportunity, I find myself offering feedback too early as well. <br><br>Isn't amazing how when we offer less to the discussion, more learning takes place?David Coxhttp://coxmathblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964889903484807623.post-48597675174167050392009-10-29T11:44:03.000-07:002009-10-29T11:44:03.000-07:00Hey David,I just saw that problem solving method a...Hey David,<br><br>I just saw that problem solving method at a conference in a session on CPM. Is that the program that you're using? Any comments on it? (I'm kind of flirting with the idea of supplementing with some CPM at the moment)Meg C.http://mclaypool.ravenshield.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964889903484807623.post-11639218800677897702009-10-30T02:39:35.000-07:002009-10-30T02:39:35.000-07:00Hi Meg,I am not currently using CPM, but I did use...Hi Meg,<br>I am not currently using CPM, but I did use it exclusively for my first 10 years in the classroom. (The problems I am having my students do are from Philips Exeter Academy) And yeah, guess-and-check is the base for most things CPM -- especially when it comes to problem solving. I really like how g&c allows kids to meet the problem where they are and then at the end, if they want to allow the guess to be "x", they will usually be able to derive an equation that can easily be solved. <br><br>Comments on CPM: I like it way more now than I did when I was actually teaching it. CPM encourages thinking, reading and writing--all of which are absent in many math classrooms. I would have no problem using it as a supplement.David Coxhttp://coxmathblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964889903484807623.post-34337529673874089212009-10-30T04:59:39.000-07:002009-10-30T04:59:39.000-07:00Just wanted to say I loved this story; I love that...Just wanted to say I loved this story; I love that Jose got to see the impact of his explanation.benblumsmithhttp://researchinpractice.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964889903484807623.post-11186947074493773542009-10-30T05:07:28.000-07:002009-10-30T05:07:28.000-07:00Hi BenAs the conversation was unfolding, I kept th...Hi Ben<br>As the conversation was unfolding, I kept thinking Aaron was the story. Once Jose chimed in, he became the subject. Crazy how that works sometimes.David Coxhttp://coxmathblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964889903484807623.post-53359072036853268382009-10-30T05:27:10.000-07:002009-10-30T05:27:10.000-07:00I know what mean about almost "blowing it.&qu...I know what mean about almost "blowing it." Today in my first Geometry class, I did. I jumped in way too soon on a series of problems and, while it kept us moving along, I walked away wondering how many actually got it.<br><br>In the second class I let the conversation evolve, only asking a couple questions when they stopped short and felt they were done. Mainly I gave them a new example (which would contradict the model they had created) and asked them to verify that what they had done worked. It didn't and launched a new and even more fruitful conversation that I did end up stepping in and stopping once they nailed the first problem and starting jumping into the next set of conclusions, which the following problems were going to address anyway.<br><br>It is hard sometimes to create the learning situation and then step back.jimhttp://jimmy13.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com