Using a Problem-Based Task with Fourth Graders to Create Deep Engagement in Math

Fourth-grade teacher Jessica Proffitt, from 2-Rivers Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., guides her students through a problem-based math task in which they individually and collaboratively grapple with a multiplication problem. At the conclusion of the 80-minute period pairs of students represent their thinking to their peers.
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