I believe we’re focused on the wrong end of the college education pipeline. Instead of asking if students can meet rigid ...
With a few instructional shifts, teachers can create classrooms that better encourage confidence and academic growth.
Teaching math to English learners in middle and high school requires a nuanced approach. Those students are often at very different places in their language development and in their academic grounding ...
During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 ...
Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. The teacher knows from working with the student previously that although she can easily follow ...
Why combining structure, application, and collaboration in classrooms leads to deeper learning and improving math instruction ...
More than five years after the UC system lifted its standardized testing requirement, a coalition led by UC Berkeley math ...
By listening to recordings of students solving math problems, teachers can determine their next steps, such as how to pair ...
Counting bears are frequently used in early childhood classrooms and may be especially useful for students with math disabilities as they learn that numbers correspond with a certain quantity of items ...
University of California professors warn of declining college math skills, linking it to test-optional admissions and ...
A debate about the role standardized testing scores should play in a student’s academic future has been raging for years now. Much of this discussion has centered around how useful college entrance ...