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STILL Staying Out of the “Gray Zone”!

What the AP Calculus scoring changes really mean for your students and why keeping them out of the “gray zone” is more important than ever.

Math Medic

Experience First, Formalize Later: A Research-Based Framework for High-Impact Math Instruction

Explore the research that supports the EFFL model and download an executive summary to share with others.

Sarah Stecher

Making the Most of Your EFFL Lesson Debrief

Your countdown timer is going off. Groups have written up their answers on the board. You’ve recorded some key ideas that you want to…

Sarah Stecher

Making Group Work More Effective (Part 2)

Why won’t my students work together? Here are our top tips for productive group work.

Kelly Pendleton

Teaching Math Medic Lessons with a Block Schedule

The block schedule. Half the days for “double” the time, but you only get through two-thirds of the curriculum. Something’s not adding up here. If you’re nodding along in solidarity…

Sarah Stecher

Making Group Work More Effective (Part 1)

This is the first part of a series dedicated to overcoming the obstacles of group work: this article will focus on reducing social risk.

Sarah Stecher

What Does It Mean to “Attend to Precision”?

Everything you need to know about Mathematical Practice #6!

Math Medic

Why Won’t Mrs. Gallas Just Give Me Notes?

Research shows students learn more through active learning. This post includes an activity to explain why you teach this way.

Sarah Stecher

What Does It Mean to “Look for and Express Regularity in Repeated Reasoning”?

Everything you need to know about Mathematical Practice #8!

Sarah Stecher

What Does It Mean to “Reason Abstractly and Quantitatively”?

Everything you need to know about Mathematical Practice #2.

Sarah Stecher

What Does It Mean to “Make Sense of Problems and Persevere in Solving Them?”

Let’s unpack what this mathematical practice really entails.

Sarah Stecher

Start With What Makes Sense

What if math was taught intuitively? How to build on what students bring to math class.