Zoie Hoffman Tutoring Blog 

Explain your thinking... Make a model and explain your thinking... Explain how you know this isn't the right answer... On every math assignment that my students get, one of these sentences is bound to be attached to at least one problem, and often these short sentences can frustrate and confuse my student and their parents. Why explain thinking if they already got the answer right? Why model something when they know how to get the answer mentally? Most argue that it just seem