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Educators’ observations and their conversations with students provide them with rich insight into the strategies that students are using and how effectively they are applying them. Conversations reveal whether students understand how they are performing computations and whether their answers make sense to them.
– Focusing on the Fundamentals of Math – A Teacher’s Guide, p.4
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Assessment: What are you looking for? (2:34)
From "Leaders in Educational Thought: Special Edition on Mathematics (2013)"
Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching with Dr Deborah Loewenberg Ball (6:14)
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Put the success in criteria and learning goals. (0:34)
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Asking Effective Questions – Capacity Building Series
Communication in the Mathematics Classroom – Capacity Building Series
A Guide to Effective Instruction in Mathematics, Gr 4-6, Patterning and Algebra
Paying Attention to Algebraic Reasoning
Student Interactions in the Math Classroom: Stealing Ideas or Building Understanding – What Works
A Guide to Effective Instruction in Mathematics 4-6, Number Sense and Numeration, Vol 3, Multiplication
