In this “where are they now” episode, we speak with Caitlyn Sloan, a high school math teacher from Georgia is back to update us on how she has managed since sharing struggles to bring a problem based approach to her support students.

After sharing the changes she’s made in her approach, we then dig into her most recent focus for her math classroom: communication. How can we emphasize communication so we can build 21st century mathematicians? Listen in to hear some of the ideas and strategies!

This is another Math Mentoring Moment episode where we talk with a member of the Math Moment Maker Community who is working through problems of practice and together we brainstorm possible next steps and strategies to overcome them.

You’ll Learn:

• Assessing and or evaluating communication in the math classroom;
• How we can address the student question: “does this count for marks?”
• How to prepare students to be mathematicians for today;
• Where you can use a jigsaw structure in math class?

Resources:

• Episode 132: I’m a Math Support Teacher And I Feel Trapped. Help!
• Desmos Classroom Activities
• How To Transform Your Textbook Into A Curiosity Machine [Video Series]

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