#64 - Are You Missing The Mark With 3-Act Math Tasks? An Interview With Graham Fletcher

<p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Today we have GFletchy himself! Yes, today on the podcast we have 3-Act Math Task Builder, National Speaker, and Math Specialist Graham Fletcher.</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Stick around while we chat with our good ol Canadian friend who’s transplanted in America on what it really means to assess,</span> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>how to leverage engagement in your math class, where some teachers miss the mark when teaching through tasks, why tasks are great for formative assessment rather than summative assessment, and how to view your lesson from 60000 ft instead 6 inches. </span></p> <p><br/> <strong>You’ll Learn: </strong></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>How coaching sports is like teaching math &amp; how it’s not. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>What it really means to assess. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Where student intuition lives</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>How to leverage engagement in your math class</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Where teachers miss the mark when teaching through tasks</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Why tasks are great for formative assessment rather than summative assessment</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>How to view your lesson from 60000 ft instead 6 inches. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'> </span><strong>Resources: </strong></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Estimation180.com</span> <a href='http://estimation180.com'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>estimation180.com</span></a><span style='font-weight: 400;'> </span></p> <p><a href='https://gfletchy.com/'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Gfletchy.com</span></a></p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/gfletchy?lang=en'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Twitter: @gfletchy</span></a></p> <p><a href='https://buildmathminds.com/foundation-of-fractions'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Graham’s Fractions course on Build Math Minds</span></a></p>