Chris Willingham

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

A6 - Students have to trust *you*. They have to know who you are, believe that you have their best interest at heart, and see some part of themselves in you. Then, when they see you make mistakes they know it's okay for them too; don't be afraid of your own mistakes. #MTMSchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

A5 - I have to plug this piece from @angelatbarlow: https://t.co/M1stltJmax
This task is amazing for producing different ways of thinking, many of which are loaded with misconceptions in mathematical reasoning. #MTMSchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

@ChasGregory314 I have a friend who talks about this as earning credit for the class. His take is that the student's goal becomes earning enough credit to pass rather than learning *anything*. It's amazing how often earning credit dictates what happens in school. #MTMSchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

A4 - We were just discussing this. How you select student work to focus on, and the sequencing of this work is critical. Students have to begin to inspect everything that they see to decide if the thinking is correct; slipping in mistakes is critical to this process. #MTMSchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

@sngndnc Do you ever intentionally select work that is conceptually or procedurally incorrect? Do students know ahead of time that what they are looking at isn't what you were looking for, or do they have to work that out themselves? #MTMSchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

I am such a Twitter noob. I see that people have moved on to the next question (Q2), but I can't locate the actual question! #MTMSchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

@Kareemfarah23 Are they viewing the videos before class starts? How has this changed the types of student work you focus on during class time? #MTMSchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

@CampbellCounts Hi Anne. I am also in Virginia now, and would like to here more about your classroom and the way you use mistakes to build your classroom community. #MTMSchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

Hi! I am Chris Willingham, and I've found that focusing on student mistakes rather than just showing correct solutions changes the entire culture of my classrooms. Students are much more willing to take risk and explore each others thinking in this environment. #MTMSchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

"...skills which are learned mechanically, with a minimum of meaning, quickly deteriorate." W. Brownell (1947); a good place to start...

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

@rggillespie This is an excellent tool; thank you for providing!

[Reed Gillespie @rggillespie]

Here's my Test Retake Ticket #sbgchat Retake Ticket.docx - https://t.co/QOKgZoE2qx

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

@DrJoeClark Don't feel bad...I'm finding I can't handle one! =) #sbgchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

A6: Never had an issue with this. Collaboration isn't cheating when assignments are built for it. I can monitor individual work. #sbgchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

@gunnellAP Wonder what portion of US schools still require a numeric grade. Guessing it's very high. #sbgchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

A5: No. Top tier goals, (100%/"Advanced Mastery") represent complete mastery of an idea. It shouldn't matter when it happens. #sbgchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

@DianeHolben Love this...push students to their own bar, don't let the class set the bar for all. #sbgchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

A4: Any assignment given an evaluative grade should have taken enough effort to warrant the grade; no need for effort points. #sbgchat

[Chris Willingham @WiIlingham]

Assess HW based on the results it has on other assignments and learning, rather than in isolation. #sbgchat