NCTM Denver 2013: Leinwand's Essential Mindsets for Tilling the Soil for the Common Core State Standards

Annual Meeting - Friday, April 19, 9:30 am

Steve Leinwand - American Institutes for Research, Washington, D.C.

There is perhaps nobody better at shouting math education's rallying cry than Steve Leinwand. Knowing that my notetaking could not keep up, I recorded Steve's talk for later review. Graciously, Steve has granted me permission to post it here. (Which saves me a ton of typing!) You can find slides for Leinwand's "Tilling the Soil" talk on his website.


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Dan Meyer covered the tweeting duties during the talk:























My takeaway? Math teachers need to push for more and better collaboration. No longer can teachers just teach what they enjoy, or pretend teaching is mostly improvisational. If we are truly professionals, we need to do serious work around our new standards and curriculum, including critiquing the teaching of colleagues, reviewing and refining lessons over time, and recognizing the body of knowledge about teaching mathematics that can be built upon and further contributed to. But listen for yourself.