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Overcoming the Challenges of Providing Additional Instructional Support While Fostering Productive Struggle Fostering productive struggle among math students is a...

There is a vast body of literature pointing to the need to engage teachers in meaningful professional learning communities (PLCs) and the positive effect they can have on...

Although humans are not the only animals that communicate among themselves, we are likely the only ones that use language as a tool for thinking—at least as far as we can...

In our previous two blogs, we delved into the specific details of the MTSS/RTI model and its fundamental components. We explored the use of data, the tiers of support, and...

In our previous blog, "Interventions in Mathematics Part 1: A Model that Works", we emphasized the importance of interventions and the necessity of using data to provide...

Contextual Background Overview Math educators have a complex relationship with the concept of ‘interventions’ in mathematics. In this blog, we aim to explore the concept of...

Among education circles, the phrase "data-driven instruction" has been frequently invoked and often practiced. However, for the general public the word ‘data’ is often ...

Today, most math educators are familiar with the concept of scaffolding instruction in mathematics. But I worry that sometimes we speak of scaffolding, without carefully...

Many of us math educators have lived through decades of the 'math wars,' debating how best to support the learning process of mathematics. On one side of the argument is the...

The idea of productive struggle is one that is widely explored in the literature on learning mathematics. One way of thinking about it is that learners may experience some...