“Because we do so much multi-step problem solving, and we’re doing two-step word problems, if they’re spending 10-15 minutes trying to figure out what 9x7 is, they’re doing a lot of extra work, or ...
Inside her fifth-grade classroom at Brandon Elementary School, teacher Jill Carlson sees her students slumped in their chairs ...
Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices ...
The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. BERWYN, Ill. — In ...
In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...
Jody Nolf is an associate language and literacy specialist at Vista Higher Learning. For more than 20 years, she taught English and reading to middle and high school students. Six years ago, she ...