Saturday, May 11, 2013
What's All This Talk About Rigor
On the NCTM website there is an article discussing how a group of mathematics teachers discussed how they were going to implement the Common Core Standards into their classroom. The discussion turned to how teachers need to teach with rigor. There was an interesting chart comparing experiences when teacher teach with rigor compared to teaching without rigor. The list definitely makes you think about how you teach with or without rigor. I hope that, for the most part, I am teaching with rigor everyday. Some experience that caught my attention were making connection among mathematics ideas, focusing on quality not quantity, develop flexible thinking not rote procedures, and expect students to be actively engaged in their own learning.
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Rigor is a great way to describe a quality that a teacher needs in the classroom! I can completely see a difference when it's absent in my classroom. On days that I walk into my classroom with excitement and energy - rigor - the student are more likely to respond in the same way. When I walk in exhausted and just looking to get the day over with - the students echo my feelings. Rigor can set the classroom mood for a teacher who wants to create excitement for learning.
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