Productive struggle dwells in active sense-making, not in quick and easy answers. Establish a school culture that encourages drawing, exploring, modeling, and constructing mathematics, just like kids play in a sandbox. In the sandbox, students build up representations, look at them differently, and tear them down before starting over again with new ideas. Build a culture that resists answer-getting and instead promotes playful and productive sense-making that invites all students to participate. Register for the conference here: http://www.cmc-south.org/2019-conference.html

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