Susanna Loeb Professor and Faculty Director - SCALE Initiative, Stanford University's Graduate School of Education, Founder and Executive Director - National Student Support Accelerator Recent ...
Math is, by definition, a subject about numbers. But at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics this week, math educators said the subject has its own language, too—and knowing how to speak it ...
Growing up in India, Vinay Kanth Rao loved math and knew that he wanted to teach math someday. After earning his master’s degree in mathematics from the National Institute of Technology in Warangal, ...
The cognitive flexibility that comes from being multilingual can give students a boost in math—if teachers know how to build on English learners’ strengths. Seventy-seven percent of 8th-grade ...
Many elementary school teachers say they dislike the idea of teaching mathematics even at the most basic level. That is a cause for concern among educators. International studies have found that U.S.
Jeff Zwiers is a senior researcher at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and the director of professional development for the Understanding Language initiative. He said it’s important for ...
NSHE requires students to complete ENG 102 and at least three credits of an approved college math course. These two courses may require additional prerequisites, and majors may specify which college ...
Our analyses of the mathematics to be learned, our reading of the research in cognitive psychology and mathematics education, our experience as learners and teachers of mathematics, and our ...