Instructional Strategies with Thinking Maps

Janie MacIntyre 2008

Instructional Strategy 4
Paraphrasing Problems with the Bridge Map

Bridge Map Problem Paraphrasing

RF: ________means I need to or should ________.
Problem as

Paraphrase the problem in your own words

What effect does paraphrasing math have on your problem-solving ability?

What about students who struggle with paraphrasing?

Provide problems on to sheet of card stock to students who are more capable and have them paraphrase them; each on a separate piece of card stock. Verify for accuracy; suggesting changes where needed. Code the reverse side of each pair of paraphrased problems, consider laminating.

Provide shuffled set of problems and paraphrasing to less capable students to determine the restated version of the given problems, as a scaffolding technique.
Have all students paraphrase given EOG problems.

Students construct bridge maps throughout the activity in order to better see the relationships