In her book, Number Talks, Sherry Parrish states: "Number talks can be best described as classroom conversations around purposefully crafted computation problems that are solved mentally. The problems in a number talk are designed to elicit specific strategies that focus on number relationships and number theory. Students are given problems in either a whole-or small-group setting and are expected to mentally solve them accurately, efficiently, and flexibly. By sharing and defending their solutions and strategies, students have the opportunity to collectively reason about numbers while building connections to key conceptual ideas in mathematics. A typical classroom number talk can be conducted in five to fifteen minutes" (p. xviii, 2010)
Thursday, November 17, 2011
What is a Number Talk?
This post is for those of you who are reading my blog and have never heard of Number Talks. My dad read my post and commented, "Morgan I read the blog and do not have a clue as to what you are talking about. Math instruction has certainly changed." I thought a brief definition might help.
In her book, Number Talks, Sherry Parrish states: "Number talks can be best described as classroom conversations around purposefully crafted computation problems that are solved mentally. The problems in a number talk are designed to elicit specific strategies that focus on number relationships and number theory. Students are given problems in either a whole-or small-group setting and are expected to mentally solve them accurately, efficiently, and flexibly. By sharing and defending their solutions and strategies, students have the opportunity to collectively reason about numbers while building connections to key conceptual ideas in mathematics. A typical classroom number talk can be conducted in five to fifteen minutes" (p. xviii, 2010)
In her book, Number Talks, Sherry Parrish states: "Number talks can be best described as classroom conversations around purposefully crafted computation problems that are solved mentally. The problems in a number talk are designed to elicit specific strategies that focus on number relationships and number theory. Students are given problems in either a whole-or small-group setting and are expected to mentally solve them accurately, efficiently, and flexibly. By sharing and defending their solutions and strategies, students have the opportunity to collectively reason about numbers while building connections to key conceptual ideas in mathematics. A typical classroom number talk can be conducted in five to fifteen minutes" (p. xviii, 2010)
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Hi Morgan.
ReplyDeleteThank Dad for us! Yes, math instruction certainly has changed. And it was an important learning for us not to assume that everyone understands what we’re talking about…
Don’t you think that the specific focus that Parrish describes would satisfy the technicians and the constructivists?