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MATH

Building Thinking Classrooms Book Study

This collaborative book study explores Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, a research-based framework designed to transform traditional instruction into active, student-centered thinking environments. Educators will examine 14 practical teaching practices that increase student engagement, deepen mathematical reasoning, and foster perseverance through problem solving.

This course includes required reading of the book, Building Thinking Classrooms. 
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Online Course

Progress through the content with assignments

45 PDHs

Awarded upon successful completion of the course

3 Grad Credit

This course is designed for you, the educator.

Throughout the study, participants will reflect on current instructional routines, experiment with high-impact strategies such as visibly random grouping, vertical non-permanent surfaces, and meaningful tasks, and consider how to shift from answer-focused classrooms to thinking-focused cultures. Emphasis will be placed on creating equitable opportunities for all students to engage in rigorous mathematical thinking.

What is a Thinking Classroom?

In the book Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, each chapter explores one of the 14 optimal practices, beginning with a deep dive into what are the institutionally normative practices that permeate many classrooms around the world. It reveals how each of these practices is working against our efforts to get students to think, and then it offers a clear presentation of what the research revealed to be the optimal practice for each variable, unpacking it into macro- and micropractices. These descriptions are punctuated by excerpts from the data, anecdotes from teachers, photographs from real K–12 classrooms, and responses to frequently asked questions (FAQ). Each chapter concludes with questions for educators to consider on their own or within a professional learning community as well as “try this” tasks or activities teachers can implement in their classrooms. 

Meet the minds behind our course

Stacey McGuffin

Professional Learning Specialist, ROE 4
About
Stacey McGuffin is a Professional Learning Specialist at ROE 4. She has dedicated nearly a quarter century to educational excellence. She began her career as a special education teacher at the middle and high school level. Stacey has also taught in multiple states including Illinois, Georgia, and California. She continues to lead professional development in best practices in co-teaching and student engagement.

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