NCTCA 2025

Simple questions can lead students to think deeply about how they got to an answer and often leads them to explain their process. Effective questioning strategies and sample questions will be modeled and highlighted by the presenter throughout the session as participants engage in a variety of math games. Asking students the right kind of question often leads them to retrace the steps they took to come up with an answer and sometimes self-correct or refine their answer along the way. A secondary focus of the presentation will be on mental math and estimation strategies and activities. The math games presented use regular cards and dice, commonly found at “dollar stores” and department stores. Participants will gain the knowledge, skill and confidence to embed higher level thinking questions throughout their math games classes (and hopefully, other classes as well).