Pinehaven Student Thinking Labs · Fall Term I 2026

MATH 1332: Contemporary Math

Enter eight interactive modules built around authentic student thinking. In each module, you will visit Pinehaven schools, select a student, review the student’s work, and ask questions that reveal how the student reasoned.

The simulation gives you evidence. You will identify the misconception, correct the mathematics, and plan your instructional response outside the simulation.

How each module works

Listen first. Analyze after.

  1. 1

    Choose a school and student

    Travel to the elementary, middle, or high school and select one student case.

  2. 2

    Study the evidence

    Review the original problem, written work, visual model, and the student’s initial explanation.

  3. 3

    Ask and listen

    Select neutral questions and use the student’s responses as evidence for your separate analysis.

Eight module experiences

Select a module to enter its map.

Each module contains a new set of mathematics topics and student misconceptions across the three Pinehaven schools.

Teacher candidate reviewing an elementary student’s number-line reasoning

Module 1

Equations and Inequalities

Enter the first Pinehaven map and gather evidence from this module’s student cases.

Enter Module 1 →
Teacher candidate and elementary student examining fraction representations

Module 2

Functions

Meet a new group of students and investigate the reasoning behind their mathematical work.

Enter Module 2 →
Middle school student explaining mathematical work to a teacher candidate

Module 3

Linear Functions

Review new problems, representations, and explanations across the Pinehaven schools.

Enter Module 3 →
Teacher candidate observing a student use visual mathematics tools

Module 4

Polynomial and Rational Functions

Use student work and conversation evidence to uncover how each learner is reasoning.

Enter Module 4 →
High school student discussing signed quantities with a teacher candidate

Module 5

Explore Student Thinking

Move through a new set of school-based cases without receiving the diagnosis or correction.

Student explaining a mathematical pattern in a collaborative learning space

Module 6

Explore Student Thinking

Ask neutral questions that reveal the ideas guiding each student’s mathematical choices.

Teacher candidate comparing a student’s written work and visual model

Module 7

Explore Student Thinking

Collect evidence from written work, visual models, and student explanations.

Teacher candidate preparing to select a student case from the Pinehaven school map

Module 8

Explore Student Thinking

Complete the final Pinehaven investigation and carry the evidence into your analysis.