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Setting Up the Conditions for Productive Math Conversations

When elementary students learn some tools for discussing math, they can start to see it as more than just quickly getting to ...
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Tips for Supporting Elementary Students’ Math Thinking at Home

Letting parents know is happening in class and simple ways they can discuss the lessons helps reinforce students’ developing ...
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How to Use Real-World Problems to Teach Elementary School Math: 6 Tips

When you think back on elementary school math, do you have fond memories of the countless worksheets you completed on adding fractions or solving division problems? Probably not. Researchers and ...

I Reviewed Everything from Elementary School Math to Math III-C in One Month

When I was a student, I studied mathematics up through Math III-C and linear algebra.However, since I haven't worked in a ...
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Ditch Those Math Worksheets. The Case for Teaching Real-World Problem Solving in K-5

The designers for Monte Vista Elementary School’s proposed outdoor classroom had some key questions to answer: What materials could they use while staying under the district’s $10,000 budget? How much ...
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Alabama invested in elementary math. But some schools have a long way to go

Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle. Howard’s students at ...