Up For Debate

Imagine: Debate, often a humanities staple, as an integral part of your math classes. Debate activities have been proven to increase student achievement and understanding. So let's explore ways to incorporate debates into everyday math lessons, from warm-ups to assessments! We will start with short routines for building a classroom culture where students are empowered to discuss and debate mathematics. Then we will build to larger classroom debate activities, where students use math to tackle real-world scenarios. In our lessons, we will explore specific routines and structures, from sentence starters to better questioning, that you can use that will give ALL students a voice in their learning.