Lesson planning leads to a deeper consideration of what it means to study and learn mathematics.

Teachers react to pressure and expectations as they prepare students for high-stakes exams.

Meaningful context motivates students to appreciate the usefulness of variables, expressions, equations, and symbolic transformations.

Two instructional principles—being open to students’ input and building on misconceptions—can open the door for mathematics learning in community college.

Students construct confidence intervals, write hypothesis tests, and use sampling data to evaluate claims—all by using candy wrappers.