Is school about...
Delivering content Or
Developing learners?

Our answer drives what goes on in the classroom.

Am I here to teach?
Am I here to design for learning?

The best education is not given to students; it is drawn out of them.

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🗣️ Conferencing with #students to reflect on progress and co-construct #feedback and next steps is some of the best #assessment we can engage in. And it IS instruction, not time away from instruction. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #Inclusion #SBLchat #TeacherTwitter

we’ve checked all our nets and have concluded that there are no fish smaller than this: the instruments you use affect what you find #iTeachMath

Here's the thing: I don't need a final exam or product to know where my students are at in the learning. What DO I need? Lots and lots of interesting learning evidence that I have gathered along the way.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

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📝 'Summative' doesn't imply a single, high-stakes test. Summative is a point in time at which we consider ALL evidence, formal and informal. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter #Assessment

'[Current practices in math education are concerned with] delivering bite-sized, straight as an arrow, and codified pedagogy. Richer learning isn’t created here.'
-Sunil Singh Sunil Singh

“The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn’t need to be reformed — it needs to be transformed. The key to this transformation is not to standardize education, but to personalize it...to put students in an environment where they want to learn...”
―Ken Robinson

'People that are in the 'anxiety zone' when asked to think critically prefer low-level risk taking in the comfort and safety of long division.'
Mat Huck

Susan Carriker the number lab Sunil Singh When we shift students to “working towards deeper learning” instead of working for an answer, the whole culture changes.

And educators must be committed to experiencing change within and among themselves for change to occur across the landscape of education. Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning!

. Shelby 💗💜💙 contributes to NEW Education Week post, '5 Simple Teacher Moves With Big-Time Payoffs' edweek.org/teaching-learn…

'The goal is NOT to compete with calculators, but rather to develop mathematical reasoning.' Alice Keeler

We can’t teach from a growth mindset and then assess from a deficit mindset.

Math is a study of ideas. Algorithms are supposed to reveal the thinking of a mathematician -- their ability to identify and connect mathematical ideas in ways that are sound and elegant -- clearly substantiate their solution. Let AI focus on efficiency, and let children think.

Once learners become proficient in using a certain method/procedure as 'the way' to solve a problem, they stop thinking about the numbers. It can impede their curiosity and flexibility to devise more sophisticated methods.

Amusing reminder that arithmetic fluency is not the same as problem solving.

the number lab BUT if while training students to gain automaticity they end up seeing that recall as the end goal, they will not become good problem solvers AT ALL.

A false parallel of literacy and math fuels the 'math war'. Literacy is a skill. Math is an academic discipline. In math, numbers and symbols are tools, not essence. Rules consolidate knowledge but aren't core. And facts are merely facts. But as a discipline, math is about ideas.