Stock Market Project
One of my favorite activities to do is a Stock Market Project. What follows will give you some helpful advice for setting up this class project, getting it started, and […]
Math Teaching Resources
Plugging the Holes – Remediation that Works
You have probably felt the frustration of trying to teach a math skill to your class, only to realize that several of the students lacked the essential prerequisite skills to […]
What to Do When Your Students Still Don’t Get It
Every teacher knows the frustration of spending a sufficient amount of time teaching and reviewing a concept, only to have students still not “get” how to do the work. I […]
How to Teach Your Students to Learn from Their Mistakes
I think you’ll agree that mistakes are a valuable teaching tool. Yet too often in the traditional model of teaching, students are penalized for making them, or afraid of making […]
How to Help Students Struggling with the Equal Sign
2 + 4 = ___ + 5 is commonly missed among younger students. They will often write 6 in the blank instead of 1. The reason being is that the […]
Four 4’s Challenge
Put four 4’s on a sheet of paper. Then, by placing one equation symbol (x – + ÷) between each of the fours, get a total of all numbers 0 through […]
Epiphany from Error – the Mistake I Made that Revolutionized the Way I Teach Math
In my first year teaching intensive math to Pre-Algebra students, I was very frustrated with my students’ lack of basic skills. So I began teaching the fundamentals: times tables, […]
How to Use Data to Drive Instruction
Data driven instruction is the new craze in education. Before that it was cooperative learning groups. Before that it was learning styles…. Remember that brief moment in time when web-quests […]
5 Mistakes All Teachers Are Making
We’ve all had that student who just didn’t get it. This could be for a multitude of reasons. It could be: – attendance issues – not paying attention – academically […]