While professors go through practice problems in class, some students do more than jot down the answers. These students — the Sheridan Center’s Problem-Solving Fellows — evaluate how the professors ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...

Hypothetical scenario: Next year, the American Historical Association releases a report recommending that generative AI “should be available for every student during every history class. Students ...

Methods of K-12 teaching encompass diverse strategies and techniques utilized by educators to engage students across different subjects and grade levels. What are the 5 methods of teaching? From ...

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

They cannot apply inference; they cannot process questions that are longer than a sentence. They cannot connect cause and ...

Springmill STEM Elementary School in Mansfield has special learning spaces and approaches to teaching, but, it's not immune ...

Summertime doesn’t mean that classroom learning opportunities stop for our teacher candidates. All education majors at UAB must complete multiple field experiences before moving through our teacher ...