Are you trying to find ways to engage your students in Deeper Learning, increase intentional collaboration, and include productive struggle? Do you see the need for your students to spend more time on task as well as take more leadership roles in the classroom? Are you looking for a way to deepen students' mathematical knowledge by promoting higher-order thinking tasks and build connections? Most importantly, are you looking for strategies to prove that math can be fun and exciting?
If you said “yes” to any of these questions, then this session entitled, “Everyone is a Teacher: Achieving High Quality Math Instruction Through Cooperative Learning Groups” is for you. Group support and positive interdependence balanced with individual accountability are achieved through the cooperative learning group model. This session will define the levels of Deeper Learning in math. Also, this session will demonstrate how educators can:
Choose groups Set Group Norms Rewards Groups Cultivate a Team Culture
Ultimately in the Cooperative Learning Group structure, everyone becomes a math teacher because the "Genius is Always in the Room"! Join this session to learn how teachers can finally step back and students can take the lead in their math classrooms.
