Have you ever had students ask, "Wait, what are we talking about?" during a whole-class mathematics discussion? The quantity of ideas that surface in the midst of a discussion where students are engaged in mathematical sense making may create difficulties for some students to track the discussion. We will discuss strategies to ensure that students always have a clear understanding of what object they are to focus on and how they are to engage with that object as a sense-making discussion evolves.
Presenters: Shari Stockero, Michigan Technological University; Keith Leatham, Brigham Young University; Blake Peterson, Brigham Young University; and Laura Van Zoest, Western Michigan University