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Wissahickon middle schoolers and teachers demonstrate small-group math work and MathCounts success
Summary
Teachers and students from Wissahickon Middle School presented classroom strategies — including differentiated instruction and vertical nonpermanent workspaces — and MathCounts students described club routines and recent regional competition performance.
Wissahickon Middle School teachers and students presented samples of in-class math strategies and student-run competition work to the Wissahickon School Board on Feb. 24, describing how small-group instruction and hands-on problem solving are used to deepen understanding.
The presentation featured Helen Lee, the math department chair and an eighth-grade teacher, who framed the department’s emphasis on differentiated instruction, and Karen Dungan, math specialist, who described professional development around Building Thinking Classrooms and the use of vertical nonpermanent workspaces to support group problem solving. "Using vertical thinking space allows students to…
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