March 2, 2015 WELCOME!Before we begin, 1.Write about where you see evidence of argumentation in your math classroom.

2. Prepare an argument for (or against) these statements for our first debate!

•The best movie is ______.

•Calculators should be required in class.

•The most important organelle in an animal cell is __________. @PiSpeak

Arguments

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ARGUMENT - a statement made with sound reasoning. Every argument has two key parts:

CLAIM - the controversial statement being made.

WARRANT - the justification for the claim.

ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

“My CLAIM is ___________ and my WARRANT is _____________________”

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ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

Activity #1: Soapbox Debate

•The best movie is ______.

•Calculators should be required in class.

•The most important organelle in an animal cell is __________.

• ___________is the best method for solving the system: xy 2

1xy

Name, Claim+Warrant

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Backing up…

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Chris LuzniakSome Introductions

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UA School for Law & Justice

A brief video…

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ARGUMENT - a statement made with sound reasoning. Every argument has two key parts:

CLAIM - the controversial statement being made.

WARRANT - the justification for the claim.

ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

“My CLAIM is ___________ and my WARRANT is _____________________”

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Our Objectives:

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• To see the benefits of debate in class.

• To “experience” several debate activities.

• To learn ways to introduce this in your classroom.

• To create an activity you could use in your classroom.

Why Debate?• Socratic Method• Student Centered• Critical Thinking skills• Questioning skills• Public speaking skills• Literacy skills• Rhetoric skills• Research skills• Public Speaking skills• Evidence skills• Note taking skills• Refutation skills• Critical Pedagogy Skills• Teamwork Skills!

• Civics• Current Events• Philosophy• Critical Theory• Critical Thinking• Humanities• Rhetoric• Political Science• Economics

• Debate Across the Curriculum – any subject area

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Why Debate“Those 4 years in debate were the educational foundation of everything I did…the finest education I got from any of the institutions I attended, the foundation of my mind that I got during those 4 years of competitive policy debate.” – John Sexton, President of New York University and Brooklyn Debate Coach for 15 years

“Maybe you could be a mayor or a Senator or a Supreme Court Justice, but you might not know that until you join…the debate team.” – President Obama

“Standing up there, the faces looking up at me, the things in my head coming out of my mouth, while my brain searched for the next best thing to follow what I was saying, and if I could sway them to my side by handling it right, then I had won the debate – once my feet got wet, I was gone on debating.” – Malcolm X

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Why Debate…in STEM?• Meaningfully Engages Large Classes• Danielson connections• Improves Graduation Rates & College Readiness• Common Core connections: CCSS.Math.Practice.MP3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

• “students understand and use stated assumptions, definitions, and previously established results in constructing arguments…They justify their conclusions, communicate them to others, and respond to arguments of others.”

• “students try to communicate precisely to others…they have learned to examine claims and make explicit use of definitions.”

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From Educators…“The use of debate in my classroom has increased the motivation and engagement of my most apathetic students. They love the competitive nature of debate and eagerly delve into texts that they otherwise typically avoid.” -Science Teacher

“The work…has helped us close achievement gaps by empowering students to believe in themselves and push beyond [their] limits.”

-Superintendent BPS

“Debate has inspired students to think more critically about math’s applications in the real world…and about the content itself.” -Math Teacher

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Oral Arguments

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ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

Activity #1: Soapbox Debate

•The best movie is ______.

•Calculators should be required in class.

•The most important organelle in an animal cell is __________.

• ___________is the best method for solving the system: xy 2

1xy

Name, Claim+Warrant

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ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

Activity #2: Circle Debate

Always, Sometimes or Never?1. Math is more important than Science.

2. Increasing surface area is the best way to increase dissolving rates.

3. When you cut a piece off a shape, you reduce its area and perimeter.

Name, Summarize, Claim+Warrant

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Activity #3: Point. Counter-point.

Would you rather….(a) Have crayons for teeth

(b) Have spaghetti for hair

Would you rather solve this problem…(a) Using a proportion

“Find 45% of 80” (b) Making into a decimal and multiplyingWould you rather… (a) Live without gravity (b) Have your hands always give off

an electric charge

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Name, Claim+Warrant

How to Start

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• Always / Sometimes / Never• Agree / Somewhat Agree / Disagree

• Should• Best/Worst (method, solution…)

• Biggest/Smallest• Most• Weirdest/Coolest• Variables

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1. Write DEBATEABLE Questions

Which problem shows the BEST mistake?

cb9443 )1 83200 )2 yx

cb91143

cb31123

cb 116 3

222221002 yyyyxx

yyyyxx102

xxy 204

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2. Give Structure/Sentence Starters

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Some structures…

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3. Make it exciting/personal/engaging

Q&A

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ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

Activity #4: Table Debates

Team A: It is better to solve by breaking the shape into rectangles.

Team B: It is better to solve by finding the large rectangle and subtracting the missing piece(s).

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ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

Activity #4: Table Debates

Problem:

Side A: Using a reference angle is easier than counting around the Unit Circle because…

Side B: Counting around the Unit Circle is easier than using a reference angle because…

)sin( 611

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ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

Activity #4: Table Debates

Break into groups of 4.

• Complete Table Debate in pairs• Debrief activity in group of 4• Create DEBATE

questions/activity on your own.• Share out in group of 4

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More Examples

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Try NOW!Mr. K labeled the circle below. Do you agree with his labels?

(assume all variables are in Z)

10

11

15

7

)12( k

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Try NOW!The coordinates in black below were given (for

some numbers a,b,c and d). Are her expressions for the coordinates in red correct?

),( ba

(-a,-b)

(2c,2d)

),( dc

(-0.4,-1.3)

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(1)Elements in __________ (solid/liquid/gas) form make the best weapons…

(2)The most important scientific achievement is…

(3)One organelle cells could live without is…

1.There are an infinite number of Pythagorean triples (three numbers that work in the Pythagorean theorem).

   2. The square root of a number is always

smaller than the original number.

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Try Now:Try Now:Julie has a calculator with a special “log” key. It is labeled LS and has no base. She tries to take the LS of some numbers and gets the following:

LS 3 = 0.5645750341LS 10 = 1.183294662LS 7 = 1

What is the LS key? Defend your answer with a convincing warrant. @PiSpeak

• Using Evidence.In the figures shown, the perimeters of the

square and equilateral triangle are 24cm. The circumference of the circle is also 24cm.

Claim 1: The area of all three shapes is the same.

Claim 2: The area of the square is easiest to calculate.

Claim 3: The area of the triangle is greater than the area of the circle.

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KenKen!3- 2÷ 9x2

1- 5+ 2÷

4

•For a 4x4 puzzle, fill in with numbers 1-4.•Do not repeat a number in any row or column. •The numbers in each heavily outlined set of squares, called cages, must combine (in any order) to produce the target number in the top corner of the cage using the mathematical operation indicated. •Cages with just one box should be filled in with the target number in the top corner.

Guess My Pattern

2, 4, 610, 12, 14

Falsification

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ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

SAT Prep - Falsification

10. If a<0 and b>0, which of the following must be true?

0ba A)

0b

a B)

0ba C)

0ba D)

0ab E)

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ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

Create YOUR Activity

1.Think of ways you could use/adapt any of our debate activities for a class in the next few days.

2.Consider any modifications you would make to the activity.

3.Prepare to share out about your activity.

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ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

Share Out!

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ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

Hopes & Fears

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ARGUMENT = CLAIM + WARRANT

Exit Slip

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Homework

Try one oral activity in class in the next few weeks.Bring in any materials/evidence if you can.

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Contact Me

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