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LinkThree-Act Math Tasks LinkVideo Story Problems (Primary Grades) Link101questions LinkGeoff Krall’s Problem-Based Learning Maps LinkAndrew Stadel’s Three-Act Worksheet
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How could you change these modeling textbook tasks with three acts so that your students were doing the modeling rather than their textbooks? Other FileDress Shopping Algebra FileBike Race FilePenny...
View ArticleSecret Skepticism Survey
Whenever I’m sitting in your seat, sitting through some kind of professional development, I often feel a burning, secret skepticism, something that I keep to myself. I’m inviting you here to make that...
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Finish the Story
Which acts are missing? What media or information would you need to gather to turn these partial stories into complete math problems? Proportion / Ratio LinkDueling Discounts LinkFinals Week LinkPrint...
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Deconstruct the experience. What are the three acts of this story? What were the teacher moves? How is it different than the same kind of problem in a textbook? LinkDebrief FileTextbook Modeling
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