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- The clinical interview
- In Problem centered math, page 3
- Do your students have a strong number sense, or do they rely on memorized procedures, floundering when faced with unfamiliar problems? A clinical interview can help you to assess how your students think about mathematics. This example interview provides a model.
- By David Walbert.
- Grouping skills for mastery
- In Math for multiple intelligences, page 4
- Thematic planning helps relate mathematics to students' lives.
- By Gretchen Buher.
- Helping parents understand
- In Math for multiple intelligences, page 5
- The more ongoing, positive communication you have with parents, the more they'll be willing to work with you.
- By Gretchen Buher.
- In math, "elegant" means "cool"!
- An elegant solution to a math problem is one that requires less time and work. Encouraging students to find such solutions will help them build number sense or numeracy.
- By Russ Rowlett.
- Making small groups work
- In Math for multiple intelligences, page 2
- For students to work effectively in small groups, a teacher needs not only to set rules but to build a sense of community and teamwork within the basic structure the rules provide.
- By Gretchen Buher.As told to David Walbert.
- Math for multiple intelligences
- In Math for multiple intelligences, page 1
- How a middle-school math teacher realized she was boring and jump-started her career — and her students.
- By Gretchen Buher.
- Math problems for grade 8 geometry
- In Problem centered math, page 6
- Problem sets in PDF format that address objectives of the Measurement and Geometry strands of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Mathematics, Grade 8.
- By Grayson Wheatley.
- Meaningful mathematics: using balances for problem solving
- Using balances to represent equations forces students to find their own meaning in mathematical problems.
- By Grayson Wheatley and George E. Abshire.
- Not your mother's math teacher
- North Carolina's 2001–2002 Teacher of the Year, Carmen Wilson, talks about real-world math and teachers' roles as professionals.
- By David Walbert.
- Number sense every day
- Number sense – an intuitive feel for numbers and their relationships – develops when children solve problems for themselves.
- By Lisa Wilson Carboni.
- Play with purpose
- Electronic whiteboards make the internet an active communication vehicle of engagement and learning.
- By Jace Hargis and Tuiren Bratina.
- The problem-centered classroom
- In Problem centered math, page 5
- A look inside an eighth-grade classroom in which students work in pairs to solve problems, then debate as a class which solution is correct or easiest. An explanation of the teaching method is provided along with video of students presenting their solutions to problems.
- By Grayson Wheatley.
- Quick Draw
- In Problem centered math, page 4
- An engaging math activity that helps students develop and talk about spatial reasoning.
- By Grayson Wheatley.
- Research and strategies for problem-centered math
- In Problem centered math, page 7
- A bibliography of research-driven strategies for teaching problem-centered math at all grade levels.
- By Libby Montagne.
- Science students get their hands dirty
- Enter Carol Swink's classroom where students become scientists by conducting hands-on, inquiry-based investigations. By saving the textbook reading and lectures for last and doing experiments first, students master not only science content but math content too.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Waverly Harrell.
- Setting the tone
- Building a student-centered classroom culture starts on the first day of the school year.
- By Victoria Lunetta.
- Why problem-centered learning?
- In Problem centered math, page 2
- The world our students will live and work in will require them to gather, organize, and interpret data in the process of finding solutions to complex problems. Problem-centered learning creates a model where the student becomes the thinker.
- By Mike Kestner.
- Women's ACC Basketball Tournament School Day curriculum
- Four collections of basketball-based units for grades K–8 teach all areas of the curriculum through the lens of the 2010 Women's ACC Basketball Tournament.
- Format: activity
