This post was originally published on mathteacherbarbie.com. If you are reading this elsewhere, you are reading a stolen version. The problem with word problems Word problems in math class tend...
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I recently asked teachers what parents do that undermines their efforts to teach children math. Two main themes emerged: The dangers of math shortcuts and the language of negative mindsets. This post...
Those of us in school before the 2010s likely call it carrying the one. Those in school since then probably call it regrouping. Either way, Carrying the one is the process of taking ten units,...
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...
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...
The area model is one way of organizing our place-value calculations while completing a multi-step multiplication problem. Just like any other multiplication "method" or "algorithm," the area model...