| Mathematics Learning: A Journey, Not a Sprint |
| One of the questions I am frequently asked goes something like this “What do you think about acceleration?” The question is often asked in the context of teachers working with parents who want their child to skip grade level |
| NCTM Journals — History and Future |
For almost 100 years, NCTM has been a public voice of mathematics education and has provided its members with quality content in its published journals. In view of the technological advances in scholarly communication and the significant shift from print to digital publication of content, NCTM has been assessing the form and delivery of the rich, valuable content of its journals. |
| NCTM and The Math Forum |
| In 2015 the NCTM Board of Directors decided to acquire The Math Forum after it was approached by Math Forum staff and informed that its relationship with Drexel University would be severed. The Board recognized the |
| Which Varies in Your School: Instructional Time or Student Learning? |
| The
most frequent questions I receive concern instructional time: How much time
should we have for math class at the elementary level? Middle level? High
school? What does the research say about time? |
| Setting Goals for a New School Year |
One of the many great things about education is that every year brings a
new opportunity. Unlike in most other professions, our professional
year has a clear start and finish that brings with it both an
opportunity to reflect on and learn from the year that just ended, as
well as a chance to "wipe the slate clean" and reinvent ourselves as
necessary.
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