Restoring Mathematics
The Story Illuminated
Using Dialogues to Assess Student Understanding
1-hr WEBINAR: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 7:00PM CST
Led by Sandy Schinetsky, Restoring Mathematics Co-Founder and Consultant
How can we determine if students truly “understand” the ideas they are taught? Have you ever asked a student why something is true, and the student replies with “Because you told us so”?
This webinar will discuss the method of “Dialogue” as a way to counteract those types of responses. In a Dialogue, students are required to teach the class certain topics, and in their preparation to teach, students learn to think about the “why” of topics. This method will work for all classes, and most especially math classes.
The cost to attend is $50 per attendee, however we are offering SCHOOL ACCESS for $250. With the school access option, you can have as many teachers as you'd like attend the training or share the recording and resources with as many teachers as you would like afterwards.
This webinar is open to anyone who wants to refresh their principles and practices regarding a classical Christian approach to their math classroom. Gain access to our recorded webinar, refresh your understanding of these principles and gain at least THREE tips to apply to your math classroom immediately.
Whether you attended our Restoring Mathematics Roundtable or not, every math teacher will benefit from this 1-hour webinar!
Restoring Mathematics Roundtable 2025
SOLD OUT!
We had an incredible 2 days of gathering to hear from Dr. Francis Su of Mathematics for Human Flourishing. A highlight for many participants was our roundtable discussions where we discussed principles and practices of a classical math classroom.
Want to join us for Roundtable 2027?
Who We Are
We are a group of teachers passionate about building math thinkers. We love classical Christian education and offer support, training and research to schools regarding the principles and practices of a classical math classroom. We value a positive classroom culture where affections for math are cultivated and lessons include opportunities for productive struggle, failure, perseverance, critical thinking and wonder. We help teachers become great math storytellers using proven methods and research-based data.
The Story Illuminated
A good storyteller can make a good story sound great, but a bad storyteller can take a classic story and make it sound terrible. Teachers must be equipped to know mathematics deeply, how to engage students in class and how to take any lesson and make it come alive with wonder, curiosity and discussion. Whatever the curriculum, the way we tell the story makes all the difference.
A Mathematics Catechism
What is Mathematics?
K-2: “Mathematics is playing with patterns.”
3rd- 6th: “Mathematics is examining patterns to find their meaning.”
7th-12th: “Mathematics is the science of patterns and the art of engaging the meaning of those patterns.” - Francis Su