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link to Negative Talk and Absolutism: What Teachers Want You to Avoid, Part 2

Negative Talk and Absolutism: What Teachers Want You to Avoid, Part 2

The original source of the unmodified quote is hard to trace conclusively, but frequently winds back to the company Mathnasium, a tutoring franchise found in the US and Internationally. I recently...

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link to How to Explain Regrouping to Someone Else

How to Explain Regrouping to Someone Else

Regrouping is a fundamental mathematics practice. Deep, early understanding of what's happening during regrouping will serve a student well in both math class and in daily life. But how do you...

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link to Prime (and Other) Factors of 72

Prime (and Other) Factors of 72

The number 72 is frequently used to demonstrate deep mathematical structure. Not only does it have factors other than 1 and itself (it is composite, or not prime), it has quite a lot of them, and its...

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Math Practice At Home: Modeling with Math

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) include eight “Mathematical Practices” that teachers and students are encouraged to use throughout their mathematical lives. These are different from the...

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link to Math Practice At Home: Constructing and Critiquing Arguments

Math Practice At Home: Constructing and Critiquing Arguments

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) include eight “Mathematical Practices” that teachers and students are encouraged to use throughout their mathematical lives. These are different from the...

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link to Math Practice At Home: Abstract and Quantitative Reasoning

Math Practice At Home: Abstract and Quantitative Reasoning

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) include eight "Mathematical Practices" that teachers and students are encouraged to use throughout their mathematical lives. These are different from the...

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