Volume 1, Issue 14 – Promoting Math Debates
Welcome to this week’s edition of Best Practices Weekly. Today we’ll be discussing the concept of promoting math debates.
When students are able to debate math, they gain a much deeper conceptual understanding. However, it can be difficult to promote effective math disagreements among elementary students. In an article for Teaching Children Mathematics, two university faculty members discuss strategies for having conversations about math in your classroom.
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