Math often feels disconnected from the real lives of students. They learn the steps, solve equations and check their work, ...

Students in Kristen Gonsoir’s classroom at Groton Area High School in Groton, S.D., spend a lot of time solving equations together. Early this school year, they passed almost an entire period working ...

The cognitive flexibility that comes from being multilingual can give students a boost in math—if teachers know how to build on English learners’ strengths. Seventy-seven percent of 8th-grade ...

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These student-constructed problems foster collaboration, communication, and a sense of ownership over learning.

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After years of assigning the kind of homework she had done as a student and observing students’ disengagement with it, a teacher overhauled how she assigns math practice.

Unlike many people in the country, Lindsey Henderson was thrilled by what she saw in the latest international test scores. A secondary mathematics specialist for the Utah State Board of Education, ...

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