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"...when my students could make a connection between the math classroom and their real lives, when every student was given a voice in the classroom, they thrived. The dreaded refrain of math students— “When are we ever going to use this?”—was heard less and less frequently in my classroom, and I was sold." - Nancy Butler Wolfhttp://www.heinemann.com/blog/modelingmath-nbw-917/

"Why don't you just tell us the answer?" How often do you hear this in your math classroom? Or this: "Oh, okay...I get it! Wait...what?" Recently at Shadow Con, Heinemann Fellow Michael Pershan talked about how providing helpful hints to our math students is a bit of a lost art. According to Michael, there are ...

In today's blog-adapted from the foreword to Making Sense of Algebra-Steven Leinwand, author of Accessible Mathematics, reflects on the practical and proactive approach to teaching algebra presented in Making Sense of Algebra-and the potential it has to change both how students learn algebra and how they perceive it. No More "I Was Fine Until Algebra!" ...

Great Multi-Digit Addition w/Regrouping Video for Grades 3rd to 5th (by mathantics)