40 | Building Thinking Classrooms with Dr. Peter Liljedahl
from The Inspirational Educators Podcast Hosted by Nancy Mikhail
Thinking Classrooms is a dynamic model in which students are collaboratively working together to learn and solve problems. Students are standing around the classroom, working on whiteboards in groups of 3 and problem-solving. Thinking Classrooms was designed to get students to think and as we know students need to think in order to truly learn. In today's episode, Dr. Peter Liljedahl, creator and author of the best-selling book, Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics (Grades K-12): 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning, lays out all of the components and highly-researched method to Thinking Classrooms. Every aspect of the model is highly researched to make it the most effective model of learning. Dr. Peter Liljedahl is a Professor of Mathematics Education in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University and author of the best-selling book, Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics (Grades K-12): 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning. Peter is a former high school mathematics teacher who has kept his research interest and activities close to the classroom. He consults regularly with teachers, schools, school districts, and ministries of education on issues of teaching and learning, problem solving, assessment, numeracy, and building thinking classrooms. Book hands-on, interactive education PD. Email [email protected] Follow for daily tips and strategies: Instagram: nancymikhailedu Facebook: nancymikhailedu TikTok: nancymikhail.edu [email protected]
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