A correct answer is useful. But what does it tell us about the student's thinking? Did they reason? Make a connection? Explain an idea? Or simply follow the steps? That's a question I'll bring to #NCTMDEN2026. nctm.org/denver2026/#... #ICUCARE #Choosing2See #dbc_inc

What leaders notice sends a message.
If we notice reasoning, questions, and sensemaking, we make them visible too.
What are your systems making easier to see?
Let's explore this at #NCSM2026.
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Who is doing the mathematical thinking—the teacher, the textbook, or the student?
Good instruction creates opportunities for students to do the thinking
Let’s explore this at #NCTMDEN2026.
nctm.org/denver2026/#...
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When a student gets stuck, what's our first response?
Give the answer?
Simplify the task?
Move on?
Or create space for the student to keep thinking?
Let's explore that tension at #NCTMDEN2026.
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Being “on task” tells us something.
But it doesn't tell us everything.
Are students making sense of the mathematics?
Explaining?
Questioning?
Reasoning?
What are our systems actually looking for?
Let's explore this at #NCSM2026.
mathedleadership.org/conference/a...
#ICUCARE #Choosing2See

Students learn what matters by what gets noticed.
Speed?
Accuracy?
Getting the answer?
Explaining your thinking?
What are our systems teaching students to value in mathematics?
That's a leadership question I'll explore at #NCSM2026.
mathedleadership.org/conference/a...
#ICUCARE #Choosing2See

What does “doing math” actually look like?
Getting an answer?
Following a procedure?
Or making sense, reasoning, questioning, and connecting ideas?
That's a question I'll explore at #NCTMDEN2026.
nctm.org/denver2026/#...
#ICUCARE #Choosing2See #dbc_inc

When a student gets stuck, do we protect the pace—or protect the thinking?
Struggle isn't always evidence of inability.
Let's explore this at #NCTMDEN2026.
👉 Join me in Denver: www.nctm.org/denver2026/#...
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Your walkthrough may tell you whether students got the answer.
But does it tell you who did the thinking?
That's a different leadership question.
Let's explore it at #NCSM2026.
mathedleadership.org/conference/a...
#ICUCARE #Choosing2See

A correct answer doesn't tell you who did the thinking.
What mathematical thinking got the student there?
That's a question I'll bring to #NCTMDEN2026.
👉 Join me in Denver: www.nctm.org/denver2026/#...
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Tomorrow, we’ll ask:
What are we choosing to see in mathematics?
Not just answers or struggle, but the thinking and mathematical work happening underneath.
Join me at the DE Math Equity Conference for both of my sessions.
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What does your classroom teach students “good at math” means?
Speed and answers—or reasoning and sensemaking?
Let's explore that at #NCTMDEN2026.
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Correct answer = thinking?
Struggle = inability?
Who is doing the mathematical work?
It all comes down to one question:
What are we choosing to see?
I’ll explore this in both of my September 15 DE Math Equity Conference sessions.
#ICUCARE #Choosing2See #DEMathEquity #dbc_inc

What does your system teach students about who is “good at math”?
Speed? Accuracy? Compliance?
Or reasoning, sensemaking, and contributing ideas?
That's a leadership question I'll explore at #NCSM2026.
mathedleadership.org/conference/a...
#ICUCARE #Choosing2See #dbc_inc

A classroom can look successful—but who is doing the mathematical work?
Don’t just ask, “Are students engaged?”
Ask, “Who is doing the thinking?”
That’s central to my session, “Equity Begins with What Mathematics Leaders Choose to See.”
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When a student gets stuck, do we see inability—or thinking in progress?
Support should help students keep doing the mathematical work, not take it away.
I’ll explore this in “When Correct Answers Are Not Enough.”
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