April 10, 2014
This second grader uses derived facts to solve mentally. Just one example of mental math strategies used by elementary students.
The Math Talk instructional strategy emphasizes spoken communication around a series of carefully crafted math problems. “They challenge my students to be more specific in their reflections,
This second grader has uncertainty about the meaning of the digits. He is working to construct the understanding that place determines the value of a number.
Charles Payne, Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, makes points about the positive and negative traits of early learning administration in public school…
Collaborative Instructor Dr. Mary Hynes-Berry discusses math apps on the Fred Rogers Center blog.
Doug Clements argues that language arts and mathematics are not mutually exclusive skills.
Jan de Lange walks through a few educational math games available online. With degrees of difficulty bridging from Pre-K through 8th grade, these games extend the idea of learning trajectories.
Jie-Qi Chen explains the importance (and difficulty) of fostering positive attitudes and beliefs in educators towards teaching mathematics. "Often professional development does not focus on attitudes and beliefs. Why? It's subjective. It's judgmental. It's difficult…
As part of their video series, Head Start's National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning describes in depth the Collaborative and its philosophy.
Children like big numbers! Often before they can say all the numbers from one to one hundred reliably, children understand that one hundred is a lot. They quickly learn that one thousand is even more…