Pedagogical toolbox

Explore our collection of pedagogical tools which support you to implement the reSolve Approach in your classroom.

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Questioning

Teacher questioning is an opportunity to assess what students understand and to advance them to towards the mathematics goal of the lesson.

Talk, Teacher

Primary

Spotlight

Spotlights are an opportunity for the teacher to pause student activity for a moment, to share and discuss an example of student work which will be of benefit to the whole class.

Tasks, Talk

Primary

Spy walk

A spy walk invites students who feel “stuck” to quietly observe their peers’ work, giving them the chance to notice strategies, representations, and approaches that can inspire new ideas.

Tasks

Primary

Secondary

Talk moves

Talk moves are teacher strategies that support meaningful discussion and help students express and build on mathematical thinking.

Talk

Primary

Secondary

Test and refine conjectures

Testing conjectures helps students move beyond “it worked in my examples” by using examples and counterexamples to refine claims and explain why a mathematical idea does or does not hold.

Tasks

Primary

Secondary

Whole class discussion

Whole class discussion provides one of the most productive means for students to compare their own reasoning with that of others, and to develop new mathematical understanding.

Talk

Primary

Secondary

Questioning

Teacher questioning is an opportunity to assess what students understand and to advance them to towards the mathematics goal of the lesson.

Talk, Teacher

Primary

Spotlight

Spotlights are an opportunity for the teacher to pause student activity for a moment, to share and discuss an example of student work which will be of benefit to the whole class.

Tasks, Talk

Primary

Spy walk

A spy walk invites students who feel “stuck” to quietly observe their peers’ work, giving them the chance to notice strategies, representations, and approaches that can inspire new ideas.

Tasks

Primary

Secondary

Talk moves

Talk moves are teacher strategies that support meaningful discussion and help students express and build on mathematical thinking.

Talk

Primary

Secondary

Test and refine conjectures

Testing conjectures helps students move beyond “it worked in my examples” by using examples and counterexamples to refine claims and explain why a mathematical idea does or does not hold.

Tasks

Primary

Secondary

Whole class discussion

Whole class discussion provides one of the most productive means for students to compare their own reasoning with that of others, and to develop new mathematical understanding.

Talk