Open Questions Professional Learning Resource by Marian Small
Open Questions is a professional learning series created by Marian Small that provides a bank of highly visual open questions for teachers to deepen their mathematical understanding in order to help students improve their performance in mathematics.
- Prompt students to discuss mathematical concepts and lead to deeper understanding.
- Offer models to help teachers develop their own open questions.
- Add to teachers' repertoire of engaging tasks for students.
- Provide opportunities for thoughtful practice of concepts and skills.
Open Questions.
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Get ready to unleash student math success with this collection of hundreds of open questions from Marian Small. An essential tool for every K–9 math classroom, the Open Questions books are aligned to the Ontario and WNCP Math curricula.
- Access the correlations to the 2020 Ontario Mathematics curriculum.
- WNCP Editions are organized around outcomes from the WNCP Common Curriculum Framework for K–9 Mathematics.
- Open Questions books use a highly visual format to present easy-to-use questions with sample responses for all parts of problem-solving lessons..
- These resources can be used on their own or as a supplement to MathUP Classroom.
Open Questions Activity
Created by Marian Small, these new open questions build on the open questions included in MathUP Classroom and “Open Questions for the Three-Part Lesson” books. Use these special activities for additional practice in your classroom today.
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Marian Small
Marian Small is an internationally renowned mathematics educator, author, and professional learning consultant. Dr. Small, whose career in education has spanned more than four decades, is considered one of the most influential math educators in Canada.
Marian has authored or co-authored more than 100 math resources and travelled to mathematics classrooms around the world.
Contributing Author
Ryan Tackaberry has collaborated with Marian Small to create professional learning resources that support teachers with learning experiences that are rich with differentiated instruction for students in mathematics.
Ryan is an energetic and passionate mathematics leader in his school district. He enjoys exploring an equitable approach to teaching and learning and continues to inquire about the development of student thinking over time.