This article provides actionable steps and tools for teachers to use to promote student discourse while teaching multiplication fact strategies.
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Productive struggle is an essential part of mathematics instruction that promotes learning with deep understanding. A video scenario is used to provide a glimpse of productive struggle in action and to showcase its characteristics for both students and teachers. Suggestions for supporting productive struggle are provided.
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