Scaffolding Quadratics: 2 Things My 8th Graders Taught Me with Student Feedback

Scaffolding Quadratics: 2 Things My 8th Graders Taught Me with Student Feedback

We’re studying quadratics in my 8th grade class. Even the name can strike fear in the heart of the most competent adult. I didn’t want it to be that way for my math kids. I wrote a good lesson plan and then I let students help me modify it. Essentially, they “taught” me how to teach them better through the interaction and feedback we gave to each other during the learning process. We built the scaffold together.