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5 math curriculum insights from educators

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Here are the passionate and clear responses educators provided when I asked, “What does your ideal math curriculum look like?” Problem-solving is a critical part of the learning process, but too often, math curriculum asks students to learn procedures first and then problem-solve–making them separate processes.

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Curriculum Design is Emotional Work—This Teacher Makes It Easier

Edsurge

I was a first year math teacher placed at a brand new, alternative high school serving at-risk youth in New York City. Despite the immense amount of work involved, my colleagues and I fine-tuned our curriculum every year based on student skill gaps and results from formative assessments. You’ve got time to plan ahead.”

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Strategies for supporting ELL students in math

eSchool News

and Kelly Urlacher, senior curriculum designer at DreamBox Learning, had a conversation of essential approaches for supporting these students in “ Key Strategies to Making Access and Equity a Reality for ELL Students.”. Urlacher and Dawson discussed key instructional strategies that can support ELL students in achieving higher in math.

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Complete web-based math curriculum

eSchool News

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is offering one free month or a $15 discount on a yearly subscription to Beast Academy Online , the complete web-based math curriculum designed to help students ages 8-13 deepen their understanding of math.

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6 keys to effective tutoring

eSchool News

Key points: For tutoring to work, students have to show up Finding a curriculum designed for tutoring is important to program success As educators continue to work to accelerate learning for students following the pandemic, many are turning to tutoring to provide support.

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4 Strategies Designed to Drive Metacognitive Thinking

Catlin Tucker

If the teacher is the only person thinking critically about learning goals, progress, skill development, curriculum design, and assessment, that is a missed opportunity. Math teachers can ask students to explain in detail their process for solving a problem. What was their process? How did they think through the task?

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Education.com unveils guided curriculum for math, reading

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The new skills-focused curriculum combines 30,000 expert-created resources from the industry’s most comprehensive learning library with step-by-step guided lessons mapped to specific skills, to more easily and effectively strengthen the math, reading, and writing skills that are essential for school success.

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