CGI Problem Solving: Recording and Posting Strategies

Across campuses, most teachers are implementing student led problem solving times. Some campuses are doing it following the CGI model, others are doing Worthy tasks, and others are doing a problem of the day.

All are great ways to make sure that your students are applying their math skills and thinking critically about math problems on a daily basis. The use of technology in the classroom is amazing - engages students, is time efficient, and allows for less prep work. While going over problems and sharing strategies, showing student work using a power point, white board, or doc cam accomplishes the same goal as charting it out on chart paper. The difference comes in students being able to reference strategies. Students need to be able to go back and reference past successful strategies to help solve more complex problems. Here are some examples from KIPP Houston of how they chart and organize past charts.