Make Math Moments Academy › Forums › Mini-Course Reflections › The Concept Holding Your Students Back › Lesson 3 – Proportional Reasoning Is Everywhere! – Discussion › Reply To: Lesson 3 – Proportional Reasoning Is Everywhere! – Discussion
-
I keep coming back to this idea of EXPLICITLY teaching additive thinking vs. multiplicative thinking. It is all around us, and I think the more I point it out, not only will my students start seeing them, but it will bridge that ever present gap in students’ thinking: “Why do I have to learn this? When will I ever use this?”