I Hear What You are Thinking! Using Think-Alouds to Empower Students to Access Self-Talk and Become Successful Learners in Mathematics

We want all students to fully engage in the learning and celebration of mathematics. However, many students struggle and have misconceptions of what it is to be a good at math. During this session, I will share how think-alouds, a language-teaching strategy, can enhance student access to rich thinking in mathematics and empower all learners to use their own self-talk to navigate challenges. You will learn what math think-alouds are, and how to use them for teaching key self-talk and thinking strategies in order to help all students experience success. We facilitate think-alouds in language arts, why not use them in mathematics?