This tool allows you to learn about various geometric solids and their properties. You can manipulate and color each shape to explore the number of faces, edges, and vertices, and you can also use ...

The purpose of this book study guide is to provide stakeholder groups with a tool to initiate needed critical conversations and actions in early childhood and elementary mathematics. Format: The book ...

Join NCTM as we celebrate our Centennial with 100 Days of Professional Learning - live, free webinars presented by selected speakers from the NCTM Centennial Annual Meeting program that was to be held ...

Mathematics teachers have considered the challenges and advantages of knowledge-generating tools for decades, including calculators, search engines, and apps such as Photomath. The outcomes of these ...

Back in 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, NCTM-through funding from the National Science Foundation-released the "Mathematics Education in the United States: A Capsule Summary Fact Book," ...

In the August 2014 issue of Teaching Children Mathematics, authors Karen S. Karp, Sarah B. Bush, and Barbara J. Dougherty initiated an important conversation in the elementary mathematics education ...

I love the story of Carl Friedrich Gauss—who, as an elementary student in the late 1700s, amazed his teacher with how quickly he found the sum of the integers from 1 to 100 to be 5,050. Gauss ...

One big reason why these tasks are helpful is the fact that there is a low entry point. Jo Boaler talks about this. It’s crucial for allowing students at every level to be able to enter a problem.

Teachers are asked to regularly plan for instruction. Frequently, the lesson plans are focused more on the activities that will be completed for the lesson rather than on the mathematical goals of the ...

Numerous myths surround the use of calculators in the elementary school mathematics classroom. These myths emerge from numerous individuals; for example, from parents one might hear, “I learned math ...

One of the greatest benefits I found doing the Mathematician Project involved what my students revealed about themselves. Simply by asking my students who they wanted to learn about, I learned ...

Math quizzes can be engaging, affirming, and even fun! These quizzes are collaborative (group work), formative (identifies what still needs work), or full information (students have complete prior ...