Lisa A. Brooks and Juli K. Dixon
A second-grade teacher challenges the raise-your-hand-to-speak tradition and enables a classroom community of student-driven conversations that share both mathematical understandings and misunderstandings.
Henry Borenson
An operational understanding of the equal sign can hinder learning its relational meaning.
J. Godfrey and Jamalee Stone
Take-home binders and daily math talks help a second-grade class ease through Baroody’s (2006) stages.
Jennifer M. Tobias and Janet B. Andreasen
Using the context of restaurants and ratios to find equivalent fractions can push students’ strategies forward.
Penny Cataldo
In addition to differentiating and developing curriculum, this teacher’s transition to coaching in an early childhood setting involves a complex blend of mentoring teachers, teaching students, and discovering resources.