Maths Inquiry Group Guidelines
We make sure that we discuss things as a whanau. We listen carefully and actively to each other.
This means we:
- We ask everyone to take a turn at explaining their thinking first
- We think about what other questions we need to ask to understand what they are explaining
- We ask questions politely as someone is explaining their thinking; we wait until they have completed their full explanation
- We ask for reasons why. We use “what” and “why” questions
- We make sure that we are prepared to change our minds
- We think carefully about what they have explained before we speak or question
- We respect other peoples ideas and come to an agreement together
- We expect challenges and enjoy explaining mathematically why we might agree or disagree.
- We make sure we “Maths argue” by using “I think...because….but why…..” or we use “If you say that then…”
