The battle of process teaching vs. concept teaching rages on...especially when a school has used several snow days and feels the pressure of cutting corners to cover essential content by mandated deadlines. Unfortunately, that's exactly the result that should be expected when corners are cut...COVERAGE...as opposed to building conceptual understanding that will act as a foundation for future learning. There are no magical answers when it comes to rearranging best laid plans, but concept teaching is always better for the long-term benefit of the student.
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| Properties of Inequalities Concept Builder |
This "Properties of Inequalities" discovery activity serves as an excellent example of when it would be easier and quicker to teach process rather than develop conceptual understanding. This activity requires a record sheet and integer dice. Students generate original inequalities and perform a variety of operations to create transformed inequalities. Students analyze the results as to whether the transformed inequality has a same or different inequality symbol. Next students prepare short summaries on Post-It notes to sort as a whole class and generalize conclusions based on the results in each category.Try this one. Leave a comment to provide feedback...the good, the bad, and the ugly!
This activity highlights Common Core State Standard 7.EE.B.4b included in MATH-7.
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