Webinar
Instruction Insight: Why Struggle Leads to Success
In This Webinar
Greater learning gains, the ability to transfer knowledge to novel situations, a growth mindset—these are just some of the positive outcomes when students work through productive struggle to build their mathematical skills. In this brief webinar, authors Amy Lucenta and Grace Kelemanik explore what productive struggle is and how it influences student engagement as well as share strategies and activities you can try in your next math class. Start your inspiration session now!
Meet the Speakers
Amy Lucenta
Amy Lucenta, M.Ed., has extensive Grades K–12 mathematics education experience, which includes a focus on special populations. She is coauthor of Routines for Reasoning: Fostering the Mathematical Practices in All Students and cofounder of Fostering Math Practices, an organization that provides resources, training, and collaboration opportunities for anyone interested in helping all students learn to "think like mathematicians." You can follow Lucenta on Twitter @AmyLucenta.
Grace Kelemanik
Grace Kelemanik, MST., has worked in education for more than three decades. She is cofounder of Fostering Math Practices, an organization that provides mathematics educational resources, training, and collaboration opportunities, and is coauthor of Routines for Reasoning: Fostering the Mathematical Practices in All Students. Kelemanik frequently presents at national conferences and once worked as a high school math teacher. You can find her on Twitter @GraceKelemanik.