What is it?

Teachers and students have to have regular access to technologies that support mathematical sense making, reasoning, problem solving, and communication.

Research Statement

Research indicates that all students can learn mathematics when they have access to high-quality mathematics instruction, challenging curriculum, innovative technology, exciting extracurricular offerings, and the differentiated supports and enrichment necessary to promote students' success (Burris, Heubert, & Levin, 2006; Campbell, 1995; Education Trust, 2005; Griffin, Case, & Siegler, 1994; Knapp et al., 1995; Silver & Stein, 1996; Slavin & Lake, 2008; Usiskin, 2007)

Statements from NCTM

Resource Considerations

Regularly play board/strategy games

• Math Planet

• Common Sense Media

• MIT Math resources/ideas

What is it?

Creating ways for students to see purpose in their math, doing activities that do not look like traditional math. This provides the students with the power to take control of their math learning.

Research Statement

High-quality mathematics education is not just for those who want to study mathematics and science in college—it is required for many postsecondary education programs and careers (Achieve, 2005; ACT, 2006; National Science Board, 2008).

Resource Considerations

• Real Work Problem Solving

• Estimation 180- real life Math

• Make Math Social- CueThink

What is it?

More complex math problems or doing math over a timeframe means that children need to be able to stay focused. Developing fluency with the skills and having strategies for organizing problems are two great ways to develop that stamina.

Research Statement

Practice should be brief, engaging, purposeful, and distributed (Rohrer, 2009). Too much practice too soon can be ineffective or lead to math anxiety (Isaacs & Carroll, 1999). Statement from NCTM

Resource Considerations

• Provide resources focusing on mastering the fundamentals of math.

• Free Math Help - Lessons, games, homework help, and more - Free Math Help

• Personalized online practice https://academy.act.org

• https://parents.collegeboard.org/

• Make Math Fun

  • youcubed

What is it?

Math is not just numbers. The thinking that goes into the Math is very important. By talking through the processes and what they are thinking, we discover that they had really good thinking, just mis-applied in this situation. We affirm their Math agency and allow them to better understand the concepts they are

Research Statement

Conceptual understanding (i.e., the comprehension and connection of concepts, operations,and relations) establishes the foundation, and is necessary, for developing procedural fluency(i.e., the meaningful and flexible use of procedures to solve problems) (NCTM, 2014).

Resource Considerations

• Apply to real life

• Talk Positive about Math

• Relate Math to real life situations

• Math at our house

• How to Increase Math Talk with Your Kids

• Games you can play and talk about math (each game has instructions on the play and what it is covering)

• STEM activities: This list has different hands-on activities you can do and talk through with your child.