Topic: Mathematics Instruction

Math for Elementary Students and Their Teachers

Beth Day — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 23:26:00 +0000

How to improve math instruction for young students

SREB’s Early Math Matters: Factoring in Teacher Knowledge and Practice shows why math is so critical for young students and recommends ways to improve math instruction in elementary schools.

Why Early Matters: The Snowball Effect

Building Critical Math Skills in the Early Grades

melissa.pinsky@sreb.org — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 14:40:00 +0000

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When children in primary grades study math, they are learning more than how to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers. Solving math problems helps students develop strong analytical and problem-solving skills that are vital for academic and personal success. In Early Math Matters, SREB explores why early math is so important and provides recommendations on how state leaders can raise the math achievement of their students.

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Giving Elementary Teachers the Tools to Teach Math Well

Veronica Johnson — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 14:29:00 +0000

Broad preparation can leave math-specific knowledge lacking

[image:9166, w50 image right] It’s no secret that aspiring teachers with strong math backgrounds tend to be drawn toward the secondary grades, where they can just teach math. In fact, results of the 2018 National Survey of Science and Math Education showed that just 3 percent of elementary teachers surveyed held a degree in mathematics or math education, compared with 45 percent of middle grades math teachers and 79 percent of high school math teachers.

Early Math Matters

Veronica Johnson — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 20:51:00 +0000

Factoring in Teacher Knowledge and Practice

This report explains why early math learning is so important, the current state of math instruction, issues with elementary teacher preparation and professional development, and how math anxiety impacts achievement. It also presents recommendations state leaders can use to help raise the math achievement of their students.

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Why Do We Say “I’m Bad at Math”?

Veronica Johnson — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:50:00 +0000

How math anxiety affects performance, and what we can do about it

We’ve all likely heard someone say, “I’m bad at math,” or even “I hate math.” In the United States, math is too often considered a subject that either comes naturally or doesn’t — there are “math people,” and everyone else can expect to struggle with it. If you stop and think, though, this makes as much sense as saying we’re all naturally good (or bad) at sports, or music, or writing. It’s true that becoming skilled in any of these areas may come more easily to some people than others, but we generally understand that no one becomes expert at baseball without learning the game and spending a lot of time practicing.

Not Made for Math? Think Again

Beth Day — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000

How to Turn Every Student Into a Math Person

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Adrienne Dumas has heard it from kids for years, like so many teachers and parents: “I just don’t have a math brain.”

A math teacher at Northwest Rankin High School in Flowood, Mississippi, Dumas disagrees, and with good reason — her Algebra 1 and geometry students have a 100 percent passing rate for the past three years on the state test. Dumas and other teachers offer their tips for math success in a recent SREB High Schools That Work newsletter.

Making Math Matter

Diane James — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:24:00 +0000

High-Quality Assignments That Help Students Solve Problems and Own Their Learning

This report presents results of teacher and student surveys on how powerful Mathematics Design Collaborative practices are shifting how teachers teach. It also summarizes student achievement data from schools using the strategies in four states. In vignettes and testimonials, teachers who completed SREB professional development on MDC share how they have grown as teachers and how their students’ understanding of math concepts has improved.

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Math Classroom Strategies Steal the Show

David Raney — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Joy Hofmeister, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Schools, visited Moore High School in December to look at its technology program. And she did, but she also got a pleasant surprise when principal Mike Coyle showed her to an Algebra 2 classroom.

Mathematics department chair Nancy Nix reported that the superintendent was “blown away by the level of student engagement and mathematical discourse.”

Math and Literacy Teaching Strategies Have Deep, Lasting Effect

David Raney — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:39:00 +0000

Want to see where good teaching happens? Watch what students are doing in the classroom. Sounds obvious, maybe, but as SREB senior vice president Gene Bottoms says, “We observe teachers and what they’re doing all the time — but we miss a big piece of the puzzle if we don’t see what the kids are doing as a result.”

So SREB asked My Student Survey to see how our training in powerful literacy and math teaching tools is paying off in the classroom.

Four Surprising Takeaways From the MDC Classroom

Beth Day — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 03:04:00 +0000

Why are my students able to answer questions correctly in class but unable to succeed on the assessment?