Series: About Early Math
For Early Learning in Math, Common Core Standards Present Opportunities, Struggles
July 11, 2014
In this article of the Harvard Education Letter, Collaborative staff and others discuss the changes taking place in early math. Common Core standards and their implementation are influencing the curriculum and lesson planning, particularly in choosing…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Common Core, CCSS
Series: About Early Math June 30, 2014
Teaching Math Strategies to Struggling Students
A new study from the Department of Education and the National Institutes of Health finds that many teachers are not using the most effective strategies for their students. Tailoring teaching strategies to individual student needs…
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade
Series: Ideas at Work June 26, 2014
Innovations Project Adds School Resources for Special Education
Classrooms with special education concerns pose their own specific challenges. Luckily teachers have strategies to combat these difficulties. Teachers in our Innovations project have been implementing our ideas in their curriculum, and their results have…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: About the Collaborative June 26, 2014
Celebration Highlights Shifts in Teacher Education, Classroom Resources
Joined by guest speaker Bill Ayers, the Collaborative welcomed teachers in the eight schools in the Innovations project to present, collaborate, and celebrate their achievements of the last three years of the initiative. The event…
Series: Focus on the Lesson June 20, 2014
Walk with Rosie
In this video, students explore spatial relationships by describing and traversing an obstacle course, then making a map of it.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Mapping, Play, Books, Pat Hutchins, Rosie's Walk
Series: About Early Math June 20, 2014
Deborah Stipek: When Learning Numbers Kids Should Be Building Core Concepts
What "early math" really means is explored in this Q&A with Deborah J. Stipek, Professor of Education at Stanford University and Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Education.
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
Series: Hear from the Experts June 17, 2014
Is Overcoming Math Anxiety A Way To Improve Student Performance?
In this downloadable pdf article, professors Sian Beilock of the University of Chicago and Daniel Willingham of the University of Virginia explore overcoming math anxiety, its importance in the math classroom, and implications for preparing…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Math Anxiety
Series: Video from Others June 2, 2014
Let’s Do Math with Educare
This is the full video of an Educare learning lab in May of 2014.
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: Ideas at Work June 2, 2014
Innovations Adds School Resources for Special Education
Classrooms with special education concerns pose their own specific challenges. Luckily teachers have strategies to combat these difficulties.
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten