Name: Opening doors to a future in STEM: A fluency approach to re-invigorating middle school math
Start: 2026-07-29T13:00:00-0600
End: 2026-07-29T14:00:00-0600

Opening doors to a future in STEM: A fluency approach to re-invigorating middle school math

Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT

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How can we change student trajectories to open doors in mathematics using very explicit instructional practices? Join us to discuss how leveraging daily mental math strategies supports problem solving capacity, productive struggle, reasoning, and reflection in the middle school math classroom. By using choice, interesting rich tasks, and supporting students, we can increase student confidence, perseverance, and agency in the classroom and throughout their math career.

This session will explore how an experimental fluency program that included elements of fluency, mental math, rich tasks, collaboration, and discourse built student perseverance and confidence, as well as math proficiency.

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