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Sarah Stecher

These resources from Math Medic are designed to save you time while sparking your students’ curiosity.

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Redefining What it Means to Be “Good at Math”

By Sarah Stecher | May 1, 2025

How to broaden our definition of mathematical competence to more accurately reflect the discipline and increase equity.

Regression Round Table

By Sarah Stecher | April 29, 2025

Help your students review the regression features of their calculator — and how to interpret the results!

How To Teach Content You Don’t Like

By Sarah Stecher | April 21, 2025

Read about the lesson I used to hate…and what made me change my mind.

How to Incorporate Released Free Response Questions in your AP Calc Class

By Sarah Stecher | April 19, 2025

Engaging strategies to get your students practicing!

Why I Ditched My Textbook

By Sarah Stecher | April 15, 2025

Four reasons why I stopped using a textbook and what I did instead.

What Does It Mean to “Use Appropriate Tools Strategically”?

By Sarah Stecher | March 24, 2025

Everything you need to know about Mathematical Practice #5!

Lots of Dots

By Sarah Stecher | March 20, 2025

Watch a classroom debrief of how the Lots of Dots activity is used to establish class norms.

Experience First, Formalize Later in AP Calculus

By Sarah Stecher | February 27, 2025

“Experience First, Formalize Later” (EFFL) means that students are working collaboratively to think, to discuss, and to construct their…

Everything You Need to Know about AP Precalculus

By Sarah Stecher | February 23, 2025

We’ve got the must-know information all in one place.

Everything You Need to Teach AP Precalculus Next Year

By Sarah Stecher | February 23, 2025

See the complete collection of resources you will need to teach AP Precalculus for the 2023-2024 school year.