Carrie Stark always relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. Alas, the kids had fun, as AP reported, but the ...
The response, at least in its ideal form, was not to narrow literacy instruction but to strengthen it. Schools restored ...
Notably, taking Algebra 1 and 8th grade math together boosted all students’ scores—not just those of students who were less ...
If ever we needed a wake-up call to improve math learning, especially for historically marginalized students, the latest scores from the Nation’s Report Card and Northwest Evaluation Association ...
As we look ahead and begin to redefine math education, one thing is abundantly clear: AI won’t fix bad pedagogy.
(SHS), innovative teaching makes math a tailored experience for students. "We've always had this idea of why not accelerate our highest achieving students so that by eighth grade they can take ...
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 ...
An MSU education student plays a math game with children at Sudduth Elementary School in Starkville. (Photo by Megan Bean) STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s undergraduate elementary teacher ...
About seven years ago, some friends who had high school-age children urged me to attend a meeting to discuss our district’s math curriculum, called College Preparatory Math (CPM). Until then I hadn’t ...
To the editor: Math classes should be eliminated and replaced by another recess period. In other words, if mathematics or arithmetic was taught as puzzles to be explored and as a fun activity instead ...