I make short, to-the-point online math tutorials. I struggled with math growing up and have been able to use those experiences to help students improve in math through practical applications and tips.
As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...
In this video, we provide essential "math help" by demonstrating how to find the input value when given the output of a "function". We walk through solving "math equations" to "solve for x" using ...
This post is by Jeff Feitelberg, 4th Grade Teacher, High Tech Elementary Explorer. When I was at school, math was about speed and getting the right answer. It was something you did alone and you were ...
Learning and Teaching PK-12 (MTLT) is now available. In the issue's Front-and-Center article, "A New Audience for Assessment Results: The Children," the authors challenge the overreliance on ...
Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...
Group 2 had some trouble distinguishing between necessary teacher knowledge of mathematics (Question 1) and mathematical instincts, sensibilities, dispositions that seem crucial to teaching ...