Turn to Your Neighbor... and talk about "What do you want to learn today?"

What do you want to learn today?
One of the students put a problem on the board and other students showed how they did the problem.

We tell students to "Turn to your neighbor" and argue about how to solve the problem.

things to practice
12 x 12 =  
13 x 13 =  
14 x 14 =  
15 x 15 =  
16 x 16 =  
17 x 17 =  
18 x 18 =  
19 x 19 =  

20 x 20 = 

We put problems on the board and we ask...."What do we know about this figure?"

things to practice
12 x 12 =  144
13 x 13 =  169
14 x 14 =  196
15 x 15 =  225
16 x 16 =  256                 36
17 x 17 =  289                 49
18 x 18 =  324                64
19 x 19 =  361                81

20 x 20 = 400


We also practiced the TWELVES

2 x 12 =
3 x 12 = 4 x 12 =
5 x 12 =
6 x 12 =
7 x 12 =
8 x 12 =
9 x 12 =
10 x 12 =
11 x 12 =
12 x 12 =





2 x 12 =  24
3 x 12 =  364 x 12 =  48
5 x 12 =  60
6 x 12 =  72
7 x 12 =  84
8 x 12 =  96
9 x 12 =   108
10 x 12 = 120
11 x 12 = 132
12 x 12 = 144

One of the students recommends RENT, the musical.  Please click and raise the hits.


Here's another video by Erik Mazur about peer instruction.