RESOURCES
Sarah Stecher
These resources from Math Medic are designed to save you time while sparking your students’ curiosity.
Lots of Dots
Watch a classroom debrief of how the Lots of Dots activity is used to establish class norms.
Experience First, Formalize Later in AP Calculus
“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
We’ve got the must-know information all in one place.
Everything You Need to Teach AP Precalculus Next Year
See the complete collection of resources you will need to teach AP Precalculus for the 2023-2024 school year.
Setting the Stage for a Successful New School Year in an AP Math Class
The 1st week of class is so important! Use the activities in this blog post to build trust with students and establish norms for groupwork.
Reviewing without Reteaching – Part 1
Why re-teaching may not be the best option for end-of-semester review, and actually may have some problematic effects.
Assessment in the EFFL Classroom
How we use homework, quizzes, and tests to deepen and assess students’ learning.
3 Things I Learned at NCTM
My biggest take-aways from the sessions I attended at the 2023 NCTM Annual Conference.
Why We Should Embrace Inefficiency
When we talk with other teachers, the prevailing themes of our conversations are the desire to teach our students well–and by that we…
5 Tips for Teaching Volume of Solids of Revolution
How to help students solve volume problems flexibly, fluently, and confidently.