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There have been calls to action for instructors to not only be aware of student thinking when teaching, but to leverage student thinking to guide instruction. So, what does it mean to use student thinking when teaching? And in what ways can student thinking guide instruction?

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April Strom
Faculty
Chandler-Gilbert CC
Chandler AZ
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Sara VanderWarf, a K12 math instruction blogger, has a habit of asking herself whether she can get her students to see it before she shows them and to say it before she tells them. (She also has some great tools for making that happen.) Granted, she works in classrooms where they have all school year to cover what we do in a couple handfuls of weeks. However, I do find that it's useful to institute this philosophy where I can and to adopt and adapt her and other inquiry-based tools to make it happen in my classroom.

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Barbra Steinhurst
Portland CC
Hillsboro OR
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-18-2022 09:02:50
From: April Strom
Subject: IMPACT In Action - Using student thinking to guide instruction

There have been calls to action for instructors to not only be aware of student thinking when teaching, but to leverage student thinking to guide instruction. So, what does it mean to use student thinking when teaching? And in what ways can student thinking guide instruction?

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April Strom
Faculty
Chandler-Gilbert CC
Chandler AZ
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Sara's name is Sara VanDerWerf.
She has been very involved in the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics, including at least one term as president.

Her Twitter handle is
@saravdwerf
Her website is
saravanderwerf.com
She also has a link tree at
linktr.ee/saravanderwerf
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Elizabeth Hentges
Mathematics Faculty
Century College
White Bear Lake MN
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2022 09:46:07
From: Barbra Steinhurst
Subject: IMPACT In Action - Using student thinking to guide instruction

Sara VanderWarf, a K12 math instruction blogger, has a habit of asking herself whether she can get her students to see it before she shows them and to say it before she tells them. (She also has some great tools for making that happen.) Granted, she works in classrooms where they have all school year to cover what we do in a couple handfuls of weeks. However, I do find that it's useful to institute this philosophy where I can and to adopt and adapt her and other inquiry-based tools to make it happen in my classroom.

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Barbra Steinhurst
Portland CC
Hillsboro OR

Original Message:
Sent: 01-18-2022 09:02:50
From: April Strom
Subject: IMPACT In Action - Using student thinking to guide instruction

There have been calls to action for instructors to not only be aware of student thinking when teaching, but to leverage student thinking to guide instruction. So, what does it mean to use student thinking when teaching? And in what ways can student thinking guide instruction?

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April Strom
Faculty
Chandler-Gilbert CC
Chandler AZ
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Thank you for the correction. I should have looked up the spelling. I apologize for not doing my due diligence.

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Barbra Steinhurst
Portland CC
Hillsboro OR
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2022 17:10:53
From: Elizabeth Hentges
Subject: IMPACT In Action - Using student thinking to guide instruction

Sara's name is Sara VanDerWerf.
She has been very involved in the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics, including at least one term as president.

Her Twitter handle is
@saravdwerf
Her website is
saravanderwerf.com
She also has a link tree at
linktr.ee/saravanderwerf
​

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Elizabeth Hentges
Mathematics Faculty
Century College
White Bear Lake MN

Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2022 09:46:07
From: Barbra Steinhurst
Subject: IMPACT In Action - Using student thinking to guide instruction

Sara VanderWarf, a K12 math instruction blogger, has a habit of asking herself whether she can get her students to see it before she shows them and to say it before she tells them. (She also has some great tools for making that happen.) Granted, she works in classrooms where they have all school year to cover what we do in a couple handfuls of weeks. However, I do find that it's useful to institute this philosophy where I can and to adopt and adapt her and other inquiry-based tools to make it happen in my classroom.

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Barbra Steinhurst
Portland CC
Hillsboro OR

Original Message:
Sent: 01-18-2022 09:02:50
From: April Strom
Subject: IMPACT In Action - Using student thinking to guide instruction

There have been calls to action for instructors to not only be aware of student thinking when teaching, but to leverage student thinking to guide instruction. So, what does it mean to use student thinking when teaching? And in what ways can student thinking guide instruction?

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April Strom
Faculty
Chandler-Gilbert CC
Chandler AZ
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Great prompt, April! We liked thinking about this topic so much we wrote a whole book about it! Each chapter is focused on a different course (or major topic, in the case of Calculus.) We present lots of examples of student thinking, most drawn directly from the research literature. That's followed by a "What You Can Do" section, which presents research-based instructional strategies for overcoming the common teaching pitfalls. 

What Could They Possibly Be Thinking?!? Understanding your college math students

If you're an MAA member, you can download a free copy. Login to the MAA site and go here. 

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David Kung
SMCM, MAA, TPSE
Lexington Park MD
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-18-2022 09:02:50
From: April Strom
Subject: IMPACT In Action - Using student thinking to guide instruction

There have been calls to action for instructors to not only be aware of student thinking when teaching, but to leverage student thinking to guide instruction. So, what does it mean to use student thinking when teaching? And in what ways can student thinking guide instruction?

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April Strom
Faculty
Chandler-Gilbert CC
Chandler AZ
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That sounds great, thanks! I'm not a MAA member but will check with colleagues.
Student thinking is a wonderful way to guide instruction. I use it in some classes, and rather than telling them, I ask them how they would solve a problem. It takes more time, however.

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Manisha Ranade
Santa Fe College
Gainesville FL
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2022 18:03:44
From: David Kung
Subject: IMPACT In Action - Using student thinking to guide instruction

Great prompt, April! We liked thinking about this topic so much we wrote a whole book about it! Each chapter is focused on a different course (or major topic, in the case of Calculus.) We present lots of examples of student thinking, most drawn directly from the research literature. That's followed by a "What You Can Do" section, which presents research-based instructional strategies for overcoming the common teaching pitfalls. 

What Could They Possibly Be Thinking?!? Understanding your college math students

If you're an MAA member, you can download a free copy. Login to the MAA site and go here. 

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David Kung
SMCM, MAA, TPSE
Lexington Park MD

Original Message:
Sent: 01-18-2022 09:02:50
From: April Strom
Subject: IMPACT In Action - Using student thinking to guide instruction

There have been calls to action for instructors to not only be aware of student thinking when teaching, but to leverage student thinking to guide instruction. So, what does it mean to use student thinking when teaching? And in what ways can student thinking guide instruction?

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April Strom
Faculty
Chandler-Gilbert CC
Chandler AZ
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