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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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5 Tips for Teaching Volume of Solids of Revolution

By Sarah Stecher | February 16, 2025

How to help students solve volume problems flexibly, fluently, and confidently.

Reframing Mistakes in the Math Classroom

By Sarah Stecher | February 16, 2025

One of the greatest challenges of teaching (and what makes it so exhausting) is responding to student ideas in real time. Student contributions can be complex, nuanced, incomplete, incorrect, or hard to comprehend. We do our best to plan for the lesson by anticipating student responses, but the great work of teaching is responding to…

The Swiss Army Knife of Math

By Sarah Stecher | February 16, 2025

Find out what we think is the most versatile tool in mathematics.

Why Won’t the Math Medic Assessment Platform Grade Student Responses?

By Sarah Stecher | February 16, 2025

Everything you need to know about the features we DIDN’T include in the Math Medic Assessment Platform (and why).

How Do We Assign Homework?

By Sarah Stecher | February 16, 2025

We explain some of our philosophy around homework, with links to several resources you can use to create your homework assignments.

What to Expect when You’re Expecting to Utilize the AP Precalc Assessments

By Sarah Stecher | February 16, 2025

See a sample homework assignment from the Assessment Platform for AP Precalculus.

Decision Making in the Classroom

By Sarah Stecher | February 16, 2025

Perspectives on what can, does, and should shape our classroom choices.

4 Tips for Helping Students Reason Quantitatively

By Sarah Stecher | February 16, 2025

Practical strategies to help develop MP#2 in your students.

What We’re Getting Wrong About Math Class

By Sarah Stecher | February 16, 2025

A new take on the priority and possibilities of centering student thinking.

What Does It Mean to “Look for and Make Use of Structure”?

By Sarah Stecher | February 16, 2025

Everything you need to know about Mathematical Practice #7.