Step-by-Step Guidelines Timing Content: topic/steps/activities Notes to Resources/ facilitator materials 30 minutes The Mistake Game can Teacher-generated be tailored to work with math problems any age group. It could relevant to the Activity even be changed to go current lesson Provide students with several (5–10) math problems relevant to with a different subject the current lesson. such as science. Ask students to work individually to complete the math problems. Group students together and assign each group one of the See mindsetkit.org for problems to present to the class. more information and Invite students to share their individual solutions with their group free mindset and choose one of the solutions to share with the class. resources. IMPORTANT! The group must make one intentional mistake in its solution. They can choose a mistake one of their members made (this leads to a discussion of who had best mistake”) or they can “the think of a mistake other students might make. They can make as many unintentional mistakes as they like. As each group shares its solution, the rest of the class listens and at- tempts to find the mistake. When they find the mistake, they MUST ask a question in order to get the group to admit its mistake: “Why did you...?” you explain how you did ...?” “Can Key point It’s ok to make mistakes! Mistakes are opportunities for learning.
Step-by-Step Guidelines Timing Content: topic/steps/activities Notes to facilitator Resources/ materials 30 minutes Activity Provide students with several (5–10) math problems relevant to the current lesson. Ask students to work individually to complete the math problems. Group students together and assign each group one of the problems to present to the class. Invite students to share their individual solutions with their group and choose one of the solutions to share with the class. IMPORTANT! The group must make one intentional mistake in its solution. They can choose a mistake one of their members made (this leads to a discussion of who had “the best mistake”) or they can think of a mistake other students might make. They can make as many unintentional mistakes as they like. As each group shares its solution, the rest of the class listens and at- tempts to find the mistake. When they find the mistake, they MUST ask a question in order to get the group to admit its mistake: “Why did you...?” “Can you explain how you did ...?” Key point It’s ok to make mistakes! Mistakes are opportunities for learning. The Mistake Game can be tailored to work with any age group. It could even be changed to go with a different subject such as science. See mindsetkit.org for more information and free mindset resources. Teacher-generated math problems relevant to the current lesson
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