Productive Math Struggle: A 6-point Action Plan for Fostering Perseverance Book Club
January 5 @ 8:00 am - May 29 @ 5:00 pm
Audience: K-12 Educators, Gifted Specialists, School Leaders, Administrators
- Determine what productive math struggle is, what is look like, and why it is important;
- Develop a better understanding of your own math identity, help your students define their individual math identities, and learn about activities that help students explore math identity.
- Learn about activities to build and promote in a productive math community in your classroom.
- Learn about strategies and teacher tips for struggle moves that don’t rescue student answers but rescue student thinking.
Important Session Information:
All students face struggle, and they should—it is how they learn and grow. The teacher’s job is not to remove struggle, but rather to value and harness it, helping students develop good habits of productive struggle. But what’s missing for many educators is an action plan for how to achieve this, especially when it comes to math.
Persevering through difficult challenges to reach new learning is the core of Productive Math Struggle. When left unsupported, struggle can become unproductive and demoralizing, negatively influencing students’ mathematical identities. The authors guide teachers through six specific actions—including valuing, fostering, building, planning, supporting, and reflecting on struggle—to create a game plan for overcoming obstacles by sharing
