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2/26/18 GROWTH MINDSET IN MATHEMATICS The Power of Positive Thinking Presented By: Naomi Church, FDLRS Reach What is FDLRS? • The Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System (FDLRS) provides diagnostic, instructional, and technology support services to district exceptional education programs and families of students with disabilities. Service centers include 19 centers that directly serve school districts in the areas of Child Find, Parent Services, Human Resource Development (HRD), and Technology. www.fdlrs.org 1

2/26/18 Type into the chat pod. Describe yourself as a mathematician 2

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2/26/18 Growth Mindset Math Myths 1.“Some people have a gift for Math (and some don’t).” 2.“Everyone has a math wall – a barrier they can’t go beyond.” “A Growth Mindset in Mathematics” by Mike Anderson 4

2/26/18 A Few Considerations: • Memorizing is an ineffective tool in Math. • Ability grouping in math is associated with lower achievement. • Use “low floor- high ceiling” open-ended math tasks. • Math should never be associated with speed. • Reposition mistakes. CLASSROOM STRATEGIES 1. My Favorite No 2. WODB 3. Choice of Tasks 4. Stop grading homework (and classwork) 5. Ticket Out 5

2/26/18 1. My Favorite ”No” • https://www.teachingchannel.org/vid eos/class-warm-up-routine# How can “my favorite no” help foster a growth mindset in the classroom? • Please type a response in the chat pod. 6

2/26/18 2. Which One Doesn’t Belong (WODB) 7

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2/26/18 Websites with More Examples: http://wodb.ca/ https://twitter.com/ wodbmath?lang=en How can WODB help foster a growth mindset in the classroom? • Please type a response in the chat pod. 9

2/26/18 3. Choice of Tasks Fractions: • Use fraction strips or Cuisenaire rods to find as many fractions as you can that are equivalent to 1/4 OR 2/3. Area or Volume • Investigate shapes with an area of 64 OR • Investigate shapes with a volume of 216 (Example from Phoenix Park School) Example from: https://buildingmathematicians.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/parallel-tasks/ 10

2/26/18 4. Stop Grading Homework (and Classwork) • Grades and test scores demotivate instead of motivate students, communicate fixed ability levels and lower classroom achievement. (Boaler, 2016) • Students only need to THINK they were working for a grade to lose motivation, resulting in lower levels of achievement (Pulfrey, Buchs, and Butera, 2011). 5. Ticket Out 11

2/26/18 WHAT ABOUT ASSESSMENTS?! 1. Highlight Mistakes 2. Open Ended Questions 3. Error Analysis Questions 4. Creating Choice Highlight Mistakes Example from Naperville Central High School 2017 12

2/26/18 Open Ended Questions (Low Floor, High Ceiling) • Show your solution in at least two ways. • Which strategies can you use to solve this problem? • Which is the most efficient way to solve this problem and why? Write two equivalent quadratic equations that have solutions x = -3, x = 2. Show that each equation generates the given solutions. Examples from Naperville Central High School 2017 13

2/26/18 Error Analysis Questions • Show two sets of work and ask “Which one is correct? Use evidence to support your claim.” • Don’t show the whole problem, just show the steps where the common mistake occurred. 14

2/26/18 Creating Choice • Pick 2 of the 3 problems to complete. • Choose one problem and it will count as 16 points or do both problems and they will count 8 points each. Example from Naperville Central High School 2017 15

2/26/18 Choose one question to respond to and type in the chat pod. Thank Next Steps: You! http://WithMathICan.org http://youcubed.org http://mindsetworks.com 16