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Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. The teacher knows from working with the student previously that although she can easily follow ...

Three important elements needed for constructing expert mathematics lessons are identified and described: rich agendas, consistent but flexible lesson structures, and explanations that meet the goals ...

Many high-school chemistry students would probably love a teacher like Robert A. Gonzales. During a class at James Bowie High School here last month, he asked his students to figure out the alignment ...

Two decades ago, a new way of teaching math drew interest and caught fire across higher education. Instead of having students sit in a lecture hall listening to a professor walk through mathematical ...

To understand why classrooms look so different today, it helps to trace how teaching methods have evolved. From the rise of “new math” to the renewed focus on phonics, the story of modern education is ...

When teams of Georgia educators met to discuss how best to revise math education in their state, they agreed to look east for inspiration—the Far East, that is. Obscured by all the debate over the ...