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Four Ways to Encourage Sensemaking in Math

The white paper discusses four strategies for educators to engage students in ways that encourage sensemaking as opposed to answer-getting in math.

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Description

This white paper reviews four strategies for educators to engage students in ways that encourage sensemaking as opposed to answer-getting. The strategies include:

  1. Get rid of the question 
  2. Get rid of the question and the numbers
  3.  Give students the answer
  4. Ask about ideas, not answers 

When teachers encourage students to use these tools, students can then develop skills about making sense with numbers and become mathematicians.

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