So there has been a shift in the last 10 or so years to a new way of grading. But so many people still don’t know about it. I’m Christina Tondevold, The Recovering Traditionalist and I hope you stick around as we look at assessing math proficiency using...
So in this series about assessing math proficiency, I’ve already asked you to consider the number of problems that you are giving students when you are assessing them. Today, I would like you to consider the type of math problems you are giving them. I’m...
So we’ve all seen them, and we’ve probably all used them. These two kinds of extreme examples of practice activities and worksheets that we give kids where we have a ton of problems that we’re having them practice or we just have a couple. I’m...
So lately, I’ve been getting quite a few questions about how to help struggling students. Now, these are the students that are seen as “behind” or “not getting it.” Over a week ago, I offered a free webinar, and during the Q&A portion of that webinar, there...
So, something I’ve realized lately is that so many of you are like me and you are looking for someone to tell you what to do. Over a week ago, I offered a free webinar, and during the Q&A portion of that webinar, there were so many questions about how...
Does practice really make perfect? In elementary math, the pendulum has swung to the side of letting kids play and explore mathematics and there isn’t as much practice and repetition happening. Is that really a good thing? Kids still need practice, but the type...
Well this is video number 6 in our 7 part series about how to teach math without a textbook. All the other videos are linked down below this video and in video number 2, I talked about three instructional practices that you should be doing in elementary math; number...
