Building Thinking Classrooms: Part 1

Building Thinking Classrooms: Part 1

Do your students lack confidence and/or motivation to do mathematics?

Are your students content to wait for the right answer from the teacher?

Do your students lack perseverance when the answer is not immediately obvious?

If so, come engage in a professional learning community to learn more about a thinking classroom and collaborate with peers to share ideas and implementation strategies. A thinking student is an engaged student!

Built on 14 key practices teased out over 15 years of research, it’s a way of teaching that gets students up on their feet, collaborating and thinking through challenging problems on a daily basis.

A thinking classroom looks very different from a typical classroom. Students are working in groups rather than individually, they are standing rather than sitting, and the furniture is arranged so as to defront the room. Closer inspection will reveal that the teacher is giving instructions verbally, is answering fewer questions, and has drastically altered the way they give “homework.”

Part 1 focuses on the following practices:

What Types of Tasks We Use

How We Form Collaborative Groups

Where Students Work

How We Arrange Furniture

How We Answer Questions

When, Where, and How Tasks are Given

What Homework Looks Like

How We Foster Student Autonomy

How We Use Hints and Extensions

How We Consolidate a Lesson

How Students Take Notes

All participants receive the book, Building Thinking Classroom In Mathematics, 14 Teaching Practices for Enhanced Learning.

Audience: K-12 educators and leaders

When: October 1, October 29, and December 3, 2024

Price: $450/participant*; Administrators may attend with the teacher(s) from their district/building at no additional cost

*The cost includes a copy of the book, Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics by Peter Liljedahl

Location: Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 475 E. Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120

Act 48 hours will be awarded pending approval by PDE for those who attend all sessions and complete related assignments.

**Part 2 of BTC will be offered in Spring 2025. Stay tuned for more details.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and grow! See you there at East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA.

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