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Avon Grove students demonstrate ‘Building Thinking Classrooms’ math routines to board
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Fourth- and fifth-grade students from Avon Grove Intermediate School demonstrated the district’s Building Thinking Classrooms routines to the board, describing vertical whiteboards, random grouping and collaborative problem-solving as ways to promote critical thinking and perseverance.
Students from Avon Grove Intermediate School presented the district’s Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) strategies to the board Feb. 27, describing how vertical whiteboards, random grouping and shared roles promote collaboration and critical thinking in math classes.
“Instead of the traditional way of sitting at our desks and listening to the teacher explain the lesson, we are standing up at whiteboards with our group members thinking and working through problems,” fifth-grader Auden Cammarata…
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