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Quality Questions for Math

Good Questions for Math Teaching

I wanted to resurface this resource we have in our storage rooms and in the Broadcast Studio that you can check out from Melinda. Good Questions for Math Teaching

This resource breaks down each math concept we teach and gives great ideas for quality questions- I highly encourage checking out this resource and use it while you lesson design.

In this resource, they encourage to plan out some of your questions before your lesson using a backwards three-step process:

Step 1: Identify a topic or the content.

Step 2: Think of a CLOSED question and write down the answer.

Step 3: Make up a question that includes (or addresses) the answer.

Examples:

Step 1: The topic is determining averages.

Step 2: The close question might be "The children in the Smith family are aged 3, 8, 9, 10, and 15. What is their average age?" The answer is 9.

Step 3: The good question could be "There are five children in a family. Their average is 9. How old might the children be?

Step 1: The topic is measuring length using nonstandard units.

Step 2: A typical question might be "What is the length of your table measured in handspands?"

Step 3: The good question could be "Can you find an object that is three handspance long? "

Reference: (Sullivan, Lilburn, pg. 7-9)

Want some Quality Questions for your Geometry lessons?

I have linked examples of Geometry quality questions that you all are/about to teach! I hope these questions are useful to you, and can be a springboard for planning out your quality questions.

Want to work on your questioning together??

Since Quality Question is our campus goal- I would love to come in your space and script your questions and then we could sit down and reflect on them and plan out some upcoming questions you can ask your learners for other subjects.

Schedule me here if you are interested in this! :)


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