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Standards for Mathematical Practice

Also known as SMPs, are enumerated in the Common Core State Standards and describe varieties of expertise that math teachers should strive to develop in their students. CPM lessons are aligned to the SMPs, which can be found in the Mathematical Practices section of the Teacher Notes.



Status

Status is the perception of students’ academic capability and social desirability.  Status will play a role in all classrooms and in all teams.  To support Collaborative Learning, teachers must continually monitor status and take action to raise a student's status using strategies such as Team Roles and STTS.


Stoplight Problems

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Strength in Numbers

A book on collaborative learning in secondary mathematics by Ilana Seidel Horn.


Study Team and Teaching Strategies

Sometimes referred to as STTS, these strategies help structure effective collaboration among students. They are set up with particular ways for students to interact. Some are useful for brainstorming, for creating individual think time before team discussion, or for ensuring that all students have an opportunity to be vocal in a discussion. 


Success Criteria

Success Criteria explain how students can demonstrate a Learning Goal.  Success criteria often use words such as explain, describe, model, show, write, justify, or create.  In instances where hinge questions are used, success criteria may designate a particular part of the lesson.

Students will be able to explain the rule and growth after question 4-14b.


Suggested Assessment Plan

The Suggested Assessment Plan is in the Teacher Notes of each Chapter Opening.  It provides suggestions for Team Assessments, Participation Quizzes, and Individual Assessments.  The problems listed in this plan can be shared with students via a Learning Management System in order for teachers to be transparent about the connections between Review & Preview and Summative Assessments.


Support Productive Struggle in Learning Mathematics

One of the eight Mathematics Teaching Practices from Principles to Actions that needs to be a consistent component of every mathematics lesson. Effective teaching of mathematics consistently provides students, individually and collectively, with opportunities and supports to engage in productive struggle as they grapple with mathematical ideas and relationships.


Swapmeet

Mode of Instruction: Teamwork           Purpose: Share ideas

Objective: To facilitate meaningful mathematical discourse, teams swap two members with another team to compare and analyze approaches to problem solving. The teacher monitors through circulation and makes ongoing instructional decisions.

Teams work on problems where ideas are generated, strategies are formed, and solutions are developed. At times, teams reach a point of impasse. When this happens, this strategy can be used to allow team members to swap ideas with other teams. Two team members rotate to the next team to exchange strategies and ideas with that team. After sharing, students return to their original teams to share new understanding.

  • When a team task is partially finished, one pair from each team rotates to the next team.

  • Pairs from the two teams exchange ideas, solutions, thinking, etc.

  • Pairs return to their original teams and each pair shares what they learned from other teams.

  • Teams continue to work on problems.



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