Science, technology, engineering, and math have been marginalized and in need of support for so long that they had to join forces as one acronym! The posts here will help you do your best work as a STEM teacher.
More and more, math teachers are being called upon to “make the learning relevant” and provide real-world context and problem-based learning. This raises some questions: Pragmatically, is math …
Author: Kailey Rhodes, NWEA, and Kristen Tsutsui, NWEA
Topics: STEM
If you’re like me, the first time you heard the term “number talks,” you assumed it referred to simply talking about numbers. Anytime my students and I discussed numbers in the classroom, like …
Author: Ashley Cruz, NWEA
Growing up in the ’90s and early aughts, I wouldn’t have considered myself a “math person.” I was entrenched in the system of tracking, where students are placed in classes with students of …
Author: Tatiana Ciccarelli, NWEA
I’ve been a champion of the importance of writing in math class for a long time. My first classroom position was teaching sixth-grade science at an elementary school. I had a great curriculum with …
Author: Mary Resanovich, NWEA
If you are on social media at all, at some point you’ve probably come across a post, or more likely a repost, of someone complaining about “new math” or, rather, the new ways of doing …
I am a notetaker, and an analog one at that. I always have a notebook at my desk to jot down to-dos, project notes, and other things I need to remember. In an effort to be more eco-conscious, my …
One of my daughter Kat’s favorite activities as a toddler was lining up a set of plastic bears that she would “borrow” from her older sister’s toys. They came in four different colors, …
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