As teacher confidence grows, the way that math feels in the classroom begins to shift and evolves into a move positive ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. Ask a parent, politician, or school board member to describe the ideal qualifications of a math teacher, and most would probably rank having a college major in that ...

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 ...

When I taught middle school math, some of my worst days as a teacher were spent sitting at an uncomfortable cafeteria table, watching someone slog through a PowerPoint about strategies for classroom ...

Associate Professor of Mathematics Katy Ott was the first teacher to introduce Nerea Barranco Aramburu ’25 to the experience of learning through small group collaboration. Ott also introduced Arumbu ...

Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. The teacher knows from working with the student previously that although she can easily follow ...

For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the ...

Families might be wondering why their child's math classroom looks so different from what they remember in school. Why aren't teachers putting students on the spot and getting them to prove that they ...

Math talks and structured routines are becoming a go-to strategy for boosting student engagement and deepening understanding in upper elementary classrooms. By creating predictable, interactive spaces ...

Math teacher Samantha McGlennen wandered around her Summit Middle School classroom, unfazed by the students’ chatter and laughter during a recent lesson about exponential growth. Their behavior – ...