Did you hear about the guy who doesn’t like going through screen doors? He said he does not want to strain himself! I found that using screeners in math takes some of the strain out of teaching and learning. The terms screener, diagnostic test, and inventory test
You want to teach mathematics to students in the middle grades—but are you ready? Early adolescents have very unique characteristics that you need to be aware of and can capitalize on to facilitate productive lessons. Your students will be innately curious, enjoy active learning experiences, and prefer social learning over passive learning activities (Kellough & Kellough, 2008). They will experience
Most people think of us as literacy educators instead of mathematics educators. Our professional lives have been shaped by the role that language plays in learning. We believe that human beings learn through language—listening, speaking, reading, writing, and viewing. And this applies to all content
Over the years I’ve had the chance to work with all sorts of clever mathematicians. Most of them were under age 11. They had great perspective, unique insight, and novel strategies. I only wish that I could always say the same about myself. There was Robert.
Making Sense of Problems and Persevering in Solving Them "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings." One of my favorite books since I was very young has been
Parent: What did you study in math today? Child: Fractions. Parent: What did you learn? Child: About one-tenth of what I was supposed to! My mathematics teaching career began during the 1970s in an individualized middle-school setting. Working with students one-on-one taught me the importance of using diagnostic testing
Contributed by Nicol Howard Loud and clear are the calls for a revision in teaching strategies and intervention methods to better support students’ success in math performance. Although it has been years since the National Educational Technology Standards (now ISTE Standards) were initially released (1999) by the
Contributed by Monica Neagoy
Mathematical rigor is the meticulous blending of well-developed content and effective instruction designed to increase students’ thinking, reasoning, and understanding of skills and concepts. In far too many classrooms, the degree of mathematical rigor is inadequate. In order to teach with rigorous instruction, change is