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.
nctm.org/denver2026/#...
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Heading to #NCTM in Denver? 🏔️

I'm presenting 3 sessions, Oct 29–31:
👀 Notice & Wonder (Secondary)
🔎 Classroom Resources: New Members
📚 Classroom Resources: Existing Members

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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/#...
#ICUCARE #Choosing2See #dbc_inc

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/#...
#NCTMDEN2026 #ICUCARE #Choosing2See #dbc_inc

What does your classroom teach students “good at math” means?
Speed and answers—or reasoning and sensemaking?
Let's explore that at #NCTMDEN2026.
👉 Join me in Denver: www.nctm.org/denver2026/#...
#NCTMDEN2026 #ICUCARE #Choosing2See #dbc_inc