ICTM Fall 2024 Conference

Dr. Peter Liljedahl was the 2002 ICTM conference keynote speaker. His topic was a newly published pedagogy, Building A Thinking Classroom. By the time of this conference, he will have 3 different publications on this. In the pedagogy, he gives 14 things to do in a classroom that are any teacher can do (so, not tied to personality etc.), which are shown to improve student learning.

I’ve implemented BTC strategies for two years now in Burlington schools and would like to share some of my own and my students’ reflections on the experience. This defies the traditional “I do, we do, you do,” approach. Students are often much more highly engaged. The biggest surprise was how in the beginning students were afraid of being placed into random groups, whereas in the end, this was their favorite part.

If you are interested in trying this yourself or if you have tried it and have your own comments about it, this is the session for you. As part of the session I will share with you my BTC problem sets for algebra 1 and geometry.