The Real Issue Behind Lack of Engagement - A Math Mentoring Moment with Aubrey McKelvey

<p><b>Today we speak with Aubrey McKelvey, a 7th &amp; 8th grade teacher from Nashville Tennessee. Like many middle schoolers, Aubrey&apos;s students are tuning out and demanding the “fast food” version of math class. Her students want to skip understanding and go directly to the </b><b><em>how</em></b><b>. In this episode we’ll uncover the real issue behind this lack of engagement and help Aubrey with some next steps. </b></p><p><b>This is another Math Mentoring Moment episode where we talk with a member of the Math Moment Maker Community who is working through problems of practice and together we brainstorm possible next steps and strategies to overcome them. </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>You’ll Learn Answers To: </b></p><ul><li><b>What to do to help students apply their learning to a new or different context;</b></li><li><b>How to craft a productive struggle that students will want to engage in;</b></li><li><b>Why slowing down and “breadcrumbing” students into your lesson is crucial to spark curiosity and fuel sense making; and,</b></li><li><b>Tips to implement the Curiosity Path in your lessons each day.</b></li></ul><p><br/></p><p><b>Resources: </b></p><p><a href='https://learn.makemathmoments.com/tasks'><b>Problem Based Math Units </b></a></p><p><a href='https://teacher.desmos.com'><b>Desmos Lessons </b></a></p><p><a href='https://illustrativemathematics.org/'><b>Illustrative Mathematics</b></a><b> </b></p><p><a href='https://mathisvisual.com/'><b>Math Is Visual</b></a></p><p><a href='https://www.youcubed.org/week-inspirational-math/'><b>Weeks of Inspirational Math</b></a><b> - YouCubed &amp; Jo Boaler</b></p><p><a href='https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/59c49dee312da862ad688b9c'><b>Nana’s Choclate Milk on Desmos</b></a></p><p>Learn To Modify ANY resource To Bring Curiosity &amp; Joy Into Your Math Classroom in 4 webinar sessions!&nbsp;<br><br>Register:&nbsp;<a href="https://makemathmoments.com/transform">makemathmoments.com/transform</a></p>