Keep Calm and Press for Reasoning

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Nancy Anderson Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA

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The questions that teachers ask to elicit student reasoning—often referred to as press for reasoning—help students explicate the concepts and principles that undergird their strategies. This article describes the term, addresses its benefits and challenges, and offers three routines.

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