Changing Mathematical Mindsets: How History Can Initiate a Student Into the Mathematical Community
Description
Incorporating the history of mathematics into current lessons provides students opportunities to appreciate new perspectives, to practice communicating ideas while exploring low floor-high ceiling tasks based on primary historical sources, and to form their own conclusions from comparisons between "then" and "now." Come learn how this can be done!
Lead Speaker
Heather Strobel, Pueblo School District 60
Audience
8 to 10
Topics
Building on Students’ Strengths: Practices That Challenge, Engage, and Empower
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