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Measurement and Geometry: Building Conceptual Understanding in Young Children

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Questioning in the Mathematics Classroom

• Teacher questioning:
• Can you draw, explain, or write about your thinking and your solution?
• Will your solution always work?
• Will your solution work only in some circumstances?

• Student questioning:
• Students should be taught to question each other.
• Students should be provided opportunities to say they don’t understand or to ask for clarification.