Reasoning-and-explanation - Session 9: Planning instruction to target reasoning and engagement in mathematical practices

Part 2: Exploring Pascal’s Triangle

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Overview

This part launches work on a mathematics problem – Pascal’s Triangle. This problem is different from previous problems because the focus is on explaining how particular solutions, in this case patterns, are produced. This work is designed to support different methods of explaining and different uses of the representation to support explanations. Later it is used as the basis for summarizing some of the work on the CCSS mathematical practices.

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  • Sessions
    • Session 1: Studying mathematics teaching with a focus on reasoning and explanation
    • Session 2: Launching work on mathematical explanations and video workshop
    • Session 3: Noticing the features of explanations and unpacking student reasoning
    • Session 4: Scaling mathematics problems and engaging in a video workshop
    • Session 5: Producing “good” mathematical explanations
    • Session 6: Appraising a student’s explanation and engaging in a video workshop
    • Session 7: Capitalizing on students’ explanations and engaging in a video workshop
    • Session 8: Developing justifications and responding to students’ explanations
    • Session 9: Planning instruction to target reasoning and engagement in mathematical practices
    • Session 10: Summarizing and moving forward with video workshop

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