Burnaby Math

Great resources to build a thinking classroom:

Jo Boaler’s work at Stanford University is revolutionizing the way math is taught. Her website, YouCubed, is chalked full of inspiring videos, resources, and challenges.

Peter Liljedahl’s website has a great section all about Good Problems. These problems will get even your most reluctant learners to engage!

Through Peter Liljedahl and his team’s research, they found these behaviours consistent with kids who receive math in the “Now you try it” approach (I do-you do). So how do we begin to rethink this structure? 

Liljedahl suggests the following factors must be considered to create a “Thinking Classroom”: