Consider the Communication Standard and what we have discussed in this section. Read the following questions and answer one in light of the students and content you teach.

• For many of us, group work, writing about mathematics, or making classroom presentations is very different from our own experiences as mathematics students. Is this true for you? What role does your past experience play in how you view communication in your classroom today?
• How would you explain to a skeptical student, colleague, or parent the importance of communication in the teaching of mathematics?
• As you think about your own classroom and the Communication Standard, what do you feel successful about? What would you like to do differently? How might you go about doing it?
• What obstacles do you need to navigate?

• Use pen and paper.
• Use a word processor.
• Use the form below.

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