Reach All Students And Increase Joy With THIS Lesson Type
In this episode, Chrissy explains the reasons why she recommends discussion-based, whole group lessons as a means to differentiate instruction in math, including:
a description of a strong math lesson that was taught at the Lesson Study Conference using a whole group, Teaching Through Problem Solving approach
specific actions the teacher took within the whole group lesson to meet students at their starting point and differentiate instruction
an audit of the 8 Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices showing how they are embedded in discussion-based lessons
a point-by-point comparison of personalized learning approaches and whole group, discussion-based lesson (stemming from the 10 common challenges of personalized learning shared in episode 9)
common objections to whole group learning, and the reasons they are unfounded and should not hold teachers back from whole group lessons
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