Math Language Routine 7
Compare & Connect
Purpose: To foster students’ meta-awareness as they identify, compare and contrast different mathematical approaches, representations, concepts, examples and language. (Zwiers et al., 2017, p.16)
There is more to a problem than its solution.
Pair & Compare
From a problem set, have students select two problems that they see as similar or different in some way. Then, have them pair up and try to guess what the other saw.
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Yes, No, IDK
Have students create examples and non-examples for a given mathematical concept. Then, have them sort another student’s examples into piles: Yes, No, I Don’t Know
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There is more to a problem than its solution.
Pair & Compare
From a problem set, have students select two problems that they see as similar or different in some way. Then, have them pair up and try to guess what the other saw.
Animated Explainer Video
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Facilitation Guide
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Untangle your understanding.
Yes, No, IDK
Have students create examples and non-examples for a given mathematical concept. Then, have them sort another student’s examples into piles: Yes, No, I Don’t Know
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Facilitation Guide
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Zwiers, J., Dieckmann, J., Rutherford-Quach, S., Daro, V., Skarin, R., Weiss, S., & Malamut, J. (2017). Principles for the design of mathematics curricula: Promoting language and content development. https://ul.stanford.edu/resource/principles-design-mathematics-curricula-and-mlrs