Teaching Fractions? Don’t Start With Sets

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Teaching Fractions? Don’t Start With Sets Why students think ¾ + ¾ = 6/8     Below is adapted from the video.  If you want the full context PLUS all the visuals I shared, watch the video. Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists!! Have you ever had a...

Struggling Math Students: What Elementary Teachers Don’t Know About Working Memory (& other areas) with Becky Lord and Christina Tondevold

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5 Cognitive Areas that Impact Math Instruction with Becky Lord Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists today let’s take a look at 5 Cognitive Areas that Impact Math Instruction.  When your students are struggling with math there might be a few things that we...

Assessment Is a Conversation – Getting Kids to Share What They Know with Dr. Nick Newton

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Assessment Is a Conversation – Getting Kids to Share What They Know with Dr. Nick Newton Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to: Assessment Is a Conversation – Getting Kids to Share What They Know with Dr. Nick Newton In this episode I’m...

From Just-in-Case to Just-in-Time: Rethinking Intervention for Struggling Math Students with Juliana Tapper

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From Just-in-Case to Just-in-Time: Rethinking Intervention for Struggling Math Students with Juliana Tapper Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to: From Just-in-Case to Just-in-Time: Rethinking Intervention for Struggling Math Students with Juliana...

Preview of the FROM Memorization TO Thinking Summit

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Preview of the FROM Memorization TO Thinking Summit Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to the  Preview of the FROM Memorization TO Thinking Summit When I set out to plan this summit, I had one goal in mind: help educators move from memorization to...

The Pendulum Problem We Have in Math Education

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The Pendulum Problem We Have in Math Education Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to: The Pendulum Problem We Have in Math Education Okay, I want you to picture two teachers. Teacher one runs a tight ship. I do, we do, you do. Here’s the...

What the Research ACTUALLY Says About Helping Struggling Math Students

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What the Research ACTUALLY Says About Helping Struggling Math Students Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to: What the Research ACTUALLY Says About Helping Struggling Math Students I’ve been doing this – teaching about math, talking with...