How To Get Kids To Talk In Math Class - with Paula Murphy

In this episode, Chrissy interviews Paula Murphy, a former teacher and math specialist with 47 years of experience as a math educator.

In their conversation, Chrissy and Paula discuss:

• why it’s important to help students explain their thinking in math class

• why getting students to the right answer should not be our end goal as teachers, and what should be

• how to respond when students say something that doesn’t make sense to you, at first

• the benefit of asking follow up questions regardless if a students’ initial answer is correct or incorrect

• examples of probing questions you can ask to dig deeper into student thinking

• one thing Paula wishes someone had told her as a first year teacher