How can Problem Strings help build big ideas? In this episode Pam and Kim walk through a Problem String that helps students dig into area and multiplicative equivalence and helps you know how to expertly facilitate.
Talking Points:
- Facilitating the string
- Teacher moves during the string
- Modeling the string
- Equal products means total area is the same
- Why we want students to have lots of experience with concepts rather than just direct teaching.
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