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Karp, Karen S.; Bush, Sarah B.; Dougherty, Barbara J. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2019
Word problems are an essential component of providing a context for computation but are also recognized as an enduring struggle for students. Students are challenged to solve these story-based problems, often resorting to trial and error. This article presents meaningful alternative approaches to helping students make sense of word problems.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Word Problems (Mathematics), Problem Solving
Tamargo, Vi; Johnston, Tod – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2019
The right types of technology can create new opportunities for students to demonstrate mathematical understandings and can strengthen existing formative assessment practices. The authors write that they frequently use the Math Learning Center apps--covering the range of manipulatives and models--to empower students to explain their thinking. The…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 2, Elementary School Students
Skinner, Abbe; Louie, Nicole; Baldinger, Evra M. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2019
One of the most important jobs mathematics teachers have is supporting students and helping them to develop confidence in their own capabilities as mathematical thinkers. Children who do not believe in themselves are unlikely to share their ideas, persevere through challenges, or take risks that lead to new insights. Yet many students have no…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
Bray, Wendy S.; Johnson, Jillian D.; Rivera, Nancy; Fink, Lee-Ann; Bauduin, Charity; Schoen, Robert C. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2019
As part of the Foundations for Success in STEM project at Florida State University, more than thirty teams of teachers have used the Formative Assessment Collaborative Team (FACT) meeting model to work together toward better understanding of their students' mathematical thinking and its implications for instruction. This article provides a brief…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Teacher Collaboration, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Ebby, Caroline B.; Hulbert, Elizabeth T.; Fletcher, Nicole – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2019
Assessing student learning traditionally involves determining whether students can solve a certain percentage of problems correctly, under the assumption that this achievement indicates they have the knowledge and understanding they need to progress to new topics. This article explores what teachers can learn from looking closely at student…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Mathematical Logic, Learning Processes
Battery, Dan; Neal, Rebecca A.; Hunsdon, Jessica – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2018
Framing mathematics ability as innate or intimately connected to someone's intelligence is common. Have you ever heard a parent or colleague say something akin to, "Jonathan can really write, but I don't know what happened in math!"? Unfortunately, this framing not only narrowly describes how mathematics learning occurs but also raises…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teacher Student Relationship, Caring
Peña, Jesica; Cortina, José Luis; Višnovská, Jana – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2018
This article describes how a teacher in Mexico City worked with two researchers on an instructional design project to help kindergartners become proficient in participating in whole-class mathematical conversations.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
Hunt, Jessica H.; MacDonald, Beth; Lambert, Rachel; Sugita, Trisha; Silva, Juanita – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2018
Anticipating and responding to learner variability can make using talk moves complex. The authors fuse Universal Design for Learning (UDL), differentiation, and talk moves into three key planning and pedagogy considerations.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Access to Education, Individualized Instruction
Whitacre, Ian; Schoen, Robert C.; Champagne, Zachary; Goddard, Andrea – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
Data (Schoen et al. 2016) suggests that because many students' understanding of subtraction is limited by thinking about the operation only as take-away or by using a default procedure, such as the standard subtraction algorithm in the United States, second graders are much more likely to solve 100 minus 3 correctly than 201 minus 199. This…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Subtraction, Concept Formation
Bray, Wendy S.; Blais, Tanya Vik – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
When asked to determine the number of tens in twenty-five, most second graders who have had instruction on place value can quickly provide the correct answer of two. However, when asked to show how the numeral 2 is represented in a set of twenty-five objects, many children struggle to draw a connection between the digit 2 and twenty objects in the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 2, Mathematical Concepts
Bahr, Damon L.; Bahr, Kim – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
Many teachers try to engage their students in meaningful mathematical discussions in which one or more students share their thinking about a problem while the other students are expected to listen and learn from the sharing. Indeed, such discussions can help students learn from one another and promote high levels of mathematical proficiency.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Mathematics Teachers, Learner Engagement
Bolognese, Chris A. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2016
Eliciting student thinking is paramount to effective mathematics teaching and learning. Although one can use many strategies and techniques to promote student thinking, technology is one resource that is often underutilized. Whether it is the informed use of calculators or an interactive website, technology can be leveraged to promote mathematical…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Geometry, Mathematical Logic, Educational Technology
Switzer, J. Matt – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2016
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM's) "Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All" outlines eight teaching practices for effective teaching and learning of mathematics (NCTM 2014). One of the teaching practices, "elicit and use evidence of student thinking," states, "Effective teaching of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Mathematical Logic
Buchholz, Lisa M. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2016
Several detours prompted me to find time in an overcrowded school day to incorporate important, powerful, daily, whole-class application of fact strategies. A few years ago, I embarked on a journey with my second graders, a journey through the strategies for mental computation of addition and subtraction facts. The focus of that journey was to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 2, Computation
Dominguez, Higinio – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2016
In many classrooms, students solve problems posed by others--teachers, textbooks, and test materials. These problems typically describe a contrived situation followed by a question about an unknown that students are expected to resolve. Unsurprisingly, many students avoid reading these problems for meaning and instead engage in a suspension of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Word Problems (Mathematics), Problem Solving, Mathematical Logic