For several years now, I have allowed my collaborative teams to use dry erase markers on their tables while problem solving together in the classroom. Students have loved this! This…

During the 2019-2020 school year, my CPM Teacher Research Team decided to center our work around active listening and turn-taking. Most of our work ended up focusing more on turn-taking,…

Can passive team members become active? Can we find ways to insure that our study team members contribute equally and build confidence with this skill? These are some of the…

Our TRC team is conducting research on equal distribution of talk in teams.  Before the school year started, our team decided to use sociograms to collect data on equal talk. …

Helping our students effectively communicate with each other is constantly on the minds of CPM teachers.  At the heart of this is the burning question: what does ‘effective communication’ really…

100 Activity By Sara Van Der Werf Today I completed the 100 Activity suggested by Sara Van Der Werf as my chapter team-building activity.  I basically followed the directions she…

Over the past several months, I have been exploring that question as a member of the CPM Teacher Research Corps.  As I have implemented my Teamwork Challenge “game” in my…

Getting students to work effectively in teams requires lots of guidance and practice, as any of us who have tried team work in a middle school classroom know!  One of…

We work in teams to complete math on a daily basis. The only day my class is set up in rows is on test day. Most of my students are…

In college, I heard, “Using a jigsaw is a great teaching strategy to help students learn content deeply and remember more of the material! Too bad it won’t apply in…