This breakout session will follow-up on our earlier work in my keynote on mathematical storytelling. We will begin with a brief review of the three acts of a math problem and then move into some of the tools and exercises I use to create math curricula that challenge and engage students. He has advocated for better math instruction on CNN.

My contact information is at the bottom of the page. The Three Acts of a Mathematical Story. Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction.

Ticket to Ride Survey Results. What happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the application problem? What were the teacher moves? How is it different than the same kind of problem in a textbook? Where is the hook in each of these Algebra problems? What kind of image would make a student wonder that hook on her own? How do you turn something interesting into something challenging? Prepare .

Please introduce yourself to the rest of us in the guestbook below. What happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the application problem? What were the teacher moves? How is it different than the same kind of problem in a textbook? The USA As One Big Neighborhood.

The Pyramid of Pennies Project. What are the three acts of this story? What were the teacher moves? How is it different than the same kind of problem in a textbook? Which acts are missing? What media or information would you need to gather to turn these partial stories into complete math problems? Where is the hook in each of these problems? What kind of image would provoke a student to wonder that hook on her own? .

What are the three acts of this story? What were the teacher moves? How is it different than the same kind of problem in a textbook? Where is the hook in each of these problems? What kind of image would provoke a student to wonder that hook on her own? How do you turn something interesting into something challenging? The USA As One Big Neighborhood. He lives in Oakland, CA.

The Three Acts of a Mathematical Story. He has advocated for better math instruction on CNN.