The Rush to Standard Algorithms
Despite our current standards placing an emphasis on place value strategies for addition and subtraction of multi-digit numbers, there continue to be many teachers who “teach” the standard...
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I was recently working with teachers to analyze their students’ work. Students had to find the difference for 72-35. After they reviewed the work, I asked them to share the strengths they noted in...
MoreThe Power of Starting With a Problem
How many of your students are able to tell you what 24 ÷ 4 or ½ x 6 mean? And yet are they able to use their computational skills to solve each expression? How would you assess their proficiency...
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