tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100756657700238764.post7561986541333887221..comments2021-09-13T21:32:06.543-04:00Comments on Harkness for Thirty: I Can't ImagineDr. Johnothon Sauerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966909702872799574noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100756657700238764.post-59201708275301945682014-02-26T18:47:34.233-05:002014-02-26T18:47:34.233-05:00I, too, couldn't imagine teaching math in any ...I, too, couldn't imagine teaching math in any way other than discussions. Last year, I started exclusively using Exeter Math 1 and Harkness discussion in my freshman courses. It was a bit intimidating with classes up to 38 students, but after "toying" a bit with the problems and discussion the year before, I knew the benefits would be worth the effort.<br /><br />This year, I have been taking the same group of students through Exeter Math 2. I couldn't have predicted a better outcome. I am not only impressed with the amount of content knowledge acquired, but more importantly, the self-motivation, communication skills, and the self-advocacy displayed by this group. Substitutes are astouded by how well they work without a teacher prodding them to do so. It seems like there is even a math culture developing at our school. Math Club and math competition participation has gone from 2 to 3 students to 50-60. Amazing!<br /><br />I was wondering, and forgive me if you have already covered it in another post, how do you run the discussion with 30+ students? Smaller groups of 10-12? I break my class into groups of 12 and rotate them through a discussion table. I have considered doing 3 discussion tables next year.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354847417940401893noreply@blogger.com