Comments on: Creating “Let’s Try It” Classrooms

By: Angelo DeMattia

Angelo DeMattia — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:16:46 +0000

“Just do it” is so much of a stronger invite than “just try it.” “Try” is simply asking for failure. As the students.

By: @geonz

@geonz — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 20:57:48 +0000

When I’ve actually built trust with a student, I can get to where I can say “I’m asking you to just do this.” I’d learned that to keep from procrastinating on starting a thing, I had to just (ONLY) do THIS as opposed ot “oh, let me get a drink first,” or “let me answer this blog post first” (oops, it was pre-internet but yes, I need to apply it now…)
(I’m support, not in the classroom, but I can see it being “it depends” there, too.)

By: Dan Finkel

Dan Finkel — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 16:52:10 +0000

In reply to Stephanie (Math Rebel Stuff). Thanks! Dan Meyer and I had a brief back and forth about it on twitter. I think he still likes his way best, but we'll see.

By: Lonna

Lonna — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 16:09:26 +0000

I agree. We, the teachers and their peers are the community. We give snaps to each other whether we are right or wrong in our discussions, if we back up our thinking. It “gives us some thing to talk about.”
Last week, a student told me, “I like to hear how they solved the problem, especially when they get it wrong. Then we slow down and looks at all steps.”

By: Stephanie (Math Rebel Stuff)

Stephanie (Math Rebel Stuff) — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 14:50:28 +0000

I love that one simple change! And, you are one of my two fave math Dans, with Dan Meyer being the other.

Thanks for this caveat because I have seen Dweck and Boaler’s research, words, and work around shifting mindsets horribly oversimplified and misapplied. I hope you have shared it with Dan Meyer, too.

Let’s try it! is an open invitation that messages: Together, we can.