Math teacher Charity Ann Chambers helps students “embrace mistakes.” Credit: Maya McFadden Photo As her ninth-grade students puzzled through box and dot plots, Achievement First Amistad High School ...
“To teach well, you should pay careful attention to what an assignment will make students think about,” Willingham advises, ...
It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, ...