In episode 7, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr talk with Making Math Moments That Matter online workshop participant, Sarah-Jane Wells about realizing her personal privilege has affected her teaching habits, how she’s been working on Sparking curiosity consistently to get kids engaged and keep them on task… and a BIG can of worms was opened when the conversation moved into assessment, evaluation and the role of descriptive feedback.
Show notes page http://makemathmoments.com/episode7
You’ll Learn:
- How to realize your own privilege and how that affects the classroom.
- How to teach your students meaningfully during the last block of the school day when students are wrangy!
- How we can effectively use assessment to further the learning of our students.
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