Find CPM at CMC-South, AMTNYS, and MCTM: November 2026 Session Schedule

This session explores how educators can use mathematics to help students make sense of the world through real data. We will examine strategies, tools, and resources that support critical questioning and analysis, and discuss how teachers can foster classroom environments that promote meaningful, relevant data discourse.

All students deserve to experience cognitively demanding tasks. Participants will explore how to build students’ mathematical understanding, increase their confidence, and support their mathematical identities as doers of mathematics in shared tasks. Join us in exploring how to differentiate questions to support productive struggle while maintaining the rigor of a rich task.

As educators, we want students to collaborate and engage deeply with mathematical thinking. For true thinking to occur, students must communicate their ideas and reasoning with one another. However, motivating students to work productively with their teams can be a challenge.

In this session, participants will explore how to build student thinking by intentionally building student status—a key component in developing equitable and engaged mathematical communities. You’ll experience strategies that help raise the status of all learners, motivate collaboration, and strengthen classroom culture. Come ready to participate, reflect, and leave with actionable ideas to elevate every student’s voice in your classroom.

Participants will explore team structures and strategies that support collaborative learning in math classrooms. Through hands-on tasks, they will experience how effective teamwork builds confidence, strengthens math skills, and fosters trust. The session also highlights how collaboration develops students’ social skills and supports productive group work.

A Thinking Classroom isn’t built by whiteboards alone, it’s built through the thinking that happens at them. In this interactive workshop, explore the reasoning that emerges from rich problems, learn how to transform traditional practice into meaningful thinking problems, and learn how to design your own activities that spark deep mathematical understanding.