Math

Traditional math assessments tend to provide a narrow gauge of student learning—here’s how some teachers are going deeper.

Focusing on connections—both conceptual and interpersonal—helps teachers work well together to create engaging math work for students.

Collaboration is beneficial for student learning, and a strategy designed for distance learning makes it manageable and engaging.

Writing improves learning by consolidating information in long-term memory, researchers explain. Plus, five engaging writing activities to use in all subjects.

Seemingly innocuous statements can exacerbate math anxiety among learners—and avoiding these phrases can help all students see themselves as “math people.”

Using the right building blocks at the start of students’ mathematical learning can support a lifetime of abstract thinking.

An instructional coach and math teacher who developed a powerful model for student collaboration have tweaked it for the pandemic.

Whether you teach online or in person this fall, these digital math tools may come in handy for grades pre-K through 12.

The popular tool helps teachers assess students’ thought processes and provides opportunities for students to work together to solve problems.

Demystify math word problems with this simple technique that helps kids see the story beyond the numbers.

In this excerpt from ‘The Math Teacher’s Toolbox,’ the authors, veteran high school math teachers, share research on motivation.

Take advantage of online resources and simple experiments students can do at home to keep them learning in all teaching scenarios.

Does doodling boost learning? Do attendance awards work? Do boys and girls process math the same way? Here’s a look at the big questions that researchers tackled this year.

A five-stage instructional model—engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate—can guide students to a deeper understanding of math.