weekly creative thinking math lessons from youcubed - at Stanford University

[Angeroth, Maryann]

Weekly Creative Thinking Math Lessons

To help K–12 students approach math with creativity and enjoyment, youcubed, a Stanford University center that provides research-based resources for teaching and learning mathematics, has released a series of free lessons in time for back to school. The Week of Inspirational Math (WiM) lesson series for teachers, parents, and students includes five lessons that offer students open, rich mathematics experiences to inspire creative thinking and a growth mindset. The lessons are accompanied by fivemotivational videos created by Stanford University mathematics education professor Dr. Jo Boaler and the team at youcubed. The lessons encourage creative mathematical thinking, as well as visual mathematics incorporating fingers, manipulatives, and motion in teaching and learning various concepts, as suggested by the latest brain science. The lessons provide opportunities for students to draw, visualize, discuss ideas, and work with models in mathematics—teaching mathematical ideas visually through pattern study and generalization. The lessons ask students, at regular intervals, how they see mathematical ideas and ask students to represent mathematical ideas in a multitude of ways, such as through pictures, models, and graphs.

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[Schechinger, Tera]

We recommend using this material the first week of school. It helps build community as well as the mindset to tackle tough math problems. It is very well done and Connie Terry and I have used some of the materials with students. If you have any questions give me a shout out and I would be happy to share what we learned.

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Tera Schechinger
MathConsultant

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