Available to Members of Friends of Flynn Ed Wednesday, May 7
This self-paced mini workshop takes you on an engaging journey into the practice (or process standard) of Modeling with Mathematics, offering a clear and practical understanding of what modeling really is, what it looks like in classrooms, and how to make it a central part of students’ problem-solving experiences.
Through real-world contexts, everyday environments, and easy-to-implement routines, you will learn how to help students develop a mathematical lens that sharpens their ability to mathematize contextualized situations, create and revise mathematical models, and use approximation to solve complex problems.
Target Audience
- K-5 teachers, math coaches, and math specialists
- This work applies to 6-8 as well, but the examples are mostly K-5
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
- Clearly define and describe what it means to model with mathematics.
- Identify and address common misinterpretations of mathematical modeling.
- Facilitate mathematical modeling opportunities using students’ environments.
- Implement daily routines that develop students’ mathematical lenses.
- Select, adapt, or design tasks that emphasize modeling with mathematics and enhance students’ problem-solving skills.
- Build students’ capacity to create, revise, and communicate their mathematical models using authentic contexts.
- Create a classroom culture where ambiguity and approximation are embraced as part of the problem-solving process.
