System to Help Teachers Lead Classroom Conversations in Mathematics

An apparatus for providing a mathematical instructional tool, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a storage in communication with said one or more processors;
• and
• a display in communication with said one or more processors and with said storage, said display configured for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) as part of the mathematical instructional tool, said GUI comprising:
• a title screen configured to display a type of opener and a key concept;
• one or more pre-populated content problem screens in a sequence, each screen configured to display a pre-populated visual model and one or more pre-populated number fields,
• a sticky note widget configured to contain a sequence of one or more notes and to display one note at a time, wherein each note contains a prompt to guide classroom discussion;
• a teacher i indicator embedded in the sticky note widget, wherein when the teacher i indicator is configured such that when activated, the activation causes a teacher instruction or suggestion to overlay a portion of the currently displayed pre-populated content problem screen;
• a plurality of navigation indicators each of which when activated cause the current pre-populated content problem screen to reset, check work, go to previous screen in the sequence, go to next screen in the sequence, and dose, respectively;
• and
• a feedback widget configured to contain a sequence of one or more feedback comments and to display one feedback comment in the widget at a time on the current pre-populated content problem screen in response to receiving input from an editable field on the current pre-populated content problem screen.