EDU 682 Chp 3- Reading Response

Which is NOT one of the "Four-Step" in the Problem Solving Process?

• Understand the problem

• Devise a plan

• Look at other options

• Look back

Which of the problem solving strategies is described as making a "strategic attempt"?

• Predict and check for reasonableness

• Formulate conjectures and justify claims

• Visualize

• Simplify or change the problem

Teaching ____ problem solving might be described as upside down from teaching for problem solving—with the problem or task presented at the beginning of a lesson and related knowledge or skills emerging from exploring the problem.

Which describes facilitating meaningful mathematical discourse as a part of the eight mathematical teaching practices that supports student learning?

• Probe students’ thinking and that require explanation and justification.

• Decides what will count as evidence of students’ understanding.

• Makes explicit connections between students’ strategies and ideas.

• Facilitates productive discussions among students by focusing on reasoning and justification.

What does teaching through problem solving ensure?

• Focuses students' attention on ideas and sense making

• Builds of students strengths

• Provides formative assessment data

• All of the above

_____ cognitive demand tasks, involves understanding, analyzing information and applying it, and evaluating strategies,

____ demand tasks (also called routine problems) involve stating facts, following known procedures (computation), and solving routine problems.

What is "developing procedural fluency"?

• the process of creating mathematical questions

• involves developing conceptual understanding and making connections among mathematical ideas

• the procedure of learning how to read numbers on a number line

• involves developing connections to children's literature to solve mathematical questions

____ refers to varied tasks or experiences focused on a particular concept or procedure. While ____ refers to repetitive exercises designed to replicate a procedure or algorithm.

• Practice-Connect

• Drill-Practice

• Infer-Drill

• Practice-Drill

Which is an example of a graphic organizer?

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