Foreword by Jo Boaler: The Most Important Moments
Introduction
- Conferring Here, There, and Everywhere
- How to Use This Book
Chapter 1 - What Is a Math Conference
- What is a Math Conference?
- The Conferring Process
- Common Questions
- Reflecting on Your Own Practice
Chapter 2 - Setting the Stage: Creating the Conditions for Conferring
- Choosing Rich Tasks
- Setting Norms
- Common Questions
- Reflecting on Your Own Practice
Chapter 3 - Eliciting and Interpreting: What Are They Doing?
- Stance
- Eliciting and Interpreting Student Thinking
- Common Questions
- Reflection on Your Own Practice
Chapter 4 - Nudging: Growing Student Thinking in the Moment
- What Is a Nudge?
- Deciding How to Respond: Five Types of Nudges
- Moves That Support Nudging: What Do I Say?
- What Nudges Sound Like: Five Vignettes
- Common Questions
- Reflecting on Your Own Practice
Chapter 5 - Common Challenges
- Three Signs a Conference Needs a New Direction
- How to Get Back on Track
- Common Questions
- Reflecting on Your Own Practice
Chapter 6 - Using Conferring as Formative Assessment
- Four Ways to Use Conferring to Inform Instruction
- Keeping Records
- Common Questions
- Reflecting on Your Own Practice
Chapter 7 - Learning to Confer
- Structures for Learning to Confer
- Who You Can Learn With: Working Alone or Together
- Resources for Learning
- Common Questions
- Reflecting on Your Own Practice
- Closing Thoughts
Appendix: Sample Conferring Notes Template