Math
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Upper Elementary Math Center Activities That Feature Manipulatives
Including hands-on tools in your lessons should help strengthen students’ understanding of abstract concepts.436Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Helping Students Learn the Art of Trying in Math
These four classroom shifts can make academic risk-taking feel safer, clearer, and more worthwhile for middle school students.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A More Efficient and Productive Way to Conduct Math Assessments
Here’s how to assign graded work that more accurately assesses elementary students’ learning and saves time.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Benefits of Using Choice Boards in Math
How math choice boards can enable new elementary teachers to meet the needs of their individual learners while employing mathematical rigor.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.7 Research-Backed Ways to Boost Working Memory in Math
Short-term memory is finite and fills up quickly. Here are 7 ways we can free up space for clearer-headed mathematical thinking.5 Ways to Encourage Deep Mathematical Thinking
You can adapt the curriculum you have to create rich tasks that invite reasoning and build students’ problem-solving skills.39kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.7 Ways to Get Math Students to Show Their Thinking
Math isn’t just about answers—the process matters, too. These strategies spotlight reasoning and reveal student thinking.87.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Making Retrieval Practice a Classroom Routine
By regularly working in activities that get students to recall content they’ve learned in the past and apply it, teachers can ensure deeper understanding.Building Students’ Number Sense in Elementary Math
To get an internal sense of how numbers relate to each other, students can practice working with number lines.Five Math Procedures To Help Students Learn From Their Mistakes
When common math errors are examined, discussed, and revised, they can deepen students’ learning.235Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract: Using the CPA Method in Upper Elementary Math
Teachers can help students build deeper math understanding and confidence by introducing concepts in distinct stages.Should More Time Be Spent Learning Math Facts?
As schools nationwide contend with declining math scores, some districts are dedicating more time to the practice of foundational skills.7 Ways to Balance Joy With Rigor in Math Class
A few straightforward shifts and strategies can help create math classrooms where even the most reticent learners find their footing.
Why Students Should Write in All Subjects
Writing improves learning by consolidating information in long-term memory, researchers explain. Plus, five engaging writing activities to use in all subjects.377.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Strengthening Students’ Foundational Math Skills in Middle School
If many students are struggling with operations like dividing decimals, this schoolwide approach to scheduling can help.5kYour content has been saved!
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