The Science and Math Teaching Center (SMTC) at the University of Wyoming offers dynamic, research-based professional development that is tailored to the real needs of K-12 educators. What sets SMTC ...
Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning. The ...
A new document from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics aims to go a step further than the Common Core State Standards in math by describing specifically what teachers and education ...
Linda M. Gojak and Sara Delano Moore, two co-authors of Visible Learning For Mathematics: What Works Best to Optimize Student Learning, agreed to answer a few questions about the book. Their other ...
Herbert K. Brunkhorst (Co-chair) is professor of Science Education and Biology at California State University-San Bernardino, and chair of the Department of Science, Mathematics, and Technology ...
Common Core math is getting the works from critics: It's too demanding for most kids; holds back the speedy kids; not the same as what parents already know; makes kids cry. It even promotes "fuzzy ...
States across the country have started to implement the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM). But, according to a study, a large majority of middle school math teachers point to the new ...
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About seven years ago, some friends who had high school-age children urged me to attend a meeting to discuss our district’s math curriculum, called College Preparatory Math (CPM). Until then I hadn’t ...
“Kids haven’t changed. A lot has changed around them.” So said high school math teacher Sarah Morrison when I sat down with her and her colleague Aurora Alamillo to discuss teaching practices and ...
Writing is similar to three specific mathematical practices: modelling, problem-solving and proving, writes Caroline Yoon. Learn how to use these to improve academic writing I feel for my students ...
Given the critical need for well-qualified teachers of science and mathematics, it is sobering to consider current statistics regarding the teaching profession in the United States. Nearly 50 percent ...