Description

Facilitating a Problem String is much more than providing a list of problems. In this episode Pam shares the moment to moment decisions she makes when facilitating a "Sticks of Gum" proportional realtionship building Problem String.

Talking Points: 

• Setting the stage
• How to pull out thinking 
• Using this string to math with teachers in professional development
• Reinforcing mathematical behaviors
• Strategically determining wait time
• Using potential misunderstandings as learning opportunities 
• Applying models to student thinking
• Deciding the order of strategies to elicit
• Choosing the numbers in the Problem String

Check out the Sticks of Gum Problem String here:
https://www.mathisfigureoutable.com/ratio-tables   

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