What is the Aspirin for the Headache?
In his session several years ago at an NCTM Annual Conference, Dan Meyer posed the question “If math is aspirin, how do we create the headache?”
November 2021
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In his session several years ago at an NCTM Annual Conference, Dan Meyer posed the question “If math is aspirin, how do we create the headache?”
As the end of the first term of the 2020-21 school year rapidly
approaches, many teachers are faced with several challenging
decisions regarding summative assessments.
My name is Tatiyana Webb and I teach 8th grade math (Core Connections, Course 3) in Memphis, TN.
Assessing students is an issue that all teachers grapple with, not just CPM teachers.
Declaring New Year’s resolutions is a goal-setting tradition. Teachers are given district goals, campus goals, and individual student goals with plans they are required to follow.
Within the third year of CPM implementation, we took the traditional testing model and flipped it upside down in an effort to create a more student-centric approach to assessment.
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This professional learning is designed for teachers as they begin their implementation of CPM. This series contains multiple components and is grounded in multiple active experiences delivered over the first year. This learning experience will encourage teachers to adjust their instructional practices, expand their content knowledge, and challenge their beliefs about teaching and learning. Teachers and leaders will gain first-hand experience with CPM with emphasis on what they will be teaching. Throughout this series educators will experience the mathematics, consider instructional practices, and learn about the classroom environment necessary for a successful implementation of CPM curriculum resources.
Page 2 of the Professional Learning Progression (PDF) describes all of the components of this learning event and the additional support available. Teachers new to a course, but have previously attended Foundations for Implementation, can choose to engage in the course Content Modules in the Professional Learning Portal rather than attending the entire series of learning events again.