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How to Amp up Your Lesson Debrief
Tips for facilitating a debrief for maximum impact.

Sarah Stecher


10 Questions to Liven Up Your Math Classroom
Questions to open up discussion, extend students' thinking, and help students consolidate their learning.

Sarah Stecher


Experience First, Formalize Later: A Research-Based Framework for High-Impact Math Instruction
Explore the research that supports the EFFL model and download an executive summary to share with others.

Math Medic


Making Group Work More Effective (Part 2)
Why won't my students work together? Here are our top tips for productive group work.

Sarah Stecher


Making Group Work More Effective (Part 1)
This is the first part of a series dedicated to overcoming the obstacles of group work: this article will focus on reducing social risk.

Sarah Stecher


Why Won't Mrs. Gallas Just Give Me Notes?
Research shows students learn more through active learning. This post includes an activity to explain why you teach this way.

Lindsey Gallas


Start With What Makes Sense
What if math was taught intuitively? How to build on what students bring to math class.

Sarah Stecher


How to Teach Content You Don't Like (Part 2)
Why I'm revising my thinking around rational functions.

Sarah Stecher


What Does It Mean to "Use Appropriate Tools Strategically"?
Everything you need to know about Mathematical Practice #5!

Sarah Stecher


How To Teach Content You Don't Like
Read about the lesson I used to hate...and what made me change my mind.

Sarah Stecher


What Does It Mean to "Model with Mathematics"?
Unpacking MP4: what it is, how to teach it, and why it matters.

Sarah Stecher


What Does It Mean to "Attend to Precision"?
Everything you need to know about Mathematical Practice #6!

Sarah Stecher


Changing How We Teach Rates of Change
Get the resources from our 2024 NCTM session.

Sarah Stecher


Unpacking Productive Struggle (Part 2)
Practical tips for knowing when and how to help students navigate productive struggle.

Sarah Stecher


Unpacking Productive Struggle (Part 1)
Beyond posters and slogans: understanding productive struggle and why it matters.

Sarah Stecher


5 Myths About Math
How to respond to the most common misconceptions people have about math.

Sarah Stecher


How to Turn Any Worksheet Into a Review Game
Make review days engaging by gamifying your practice problems.

Sarah Stecher


What Does the Research Say About EFFL?
Get a high-level summary of our recent article in NCTM's Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 journal.

Sarah Stecher


4 Lessons We Learned While Substitute Teaching
Lindsey and Sarah reflect on their experience substitute teaching.

Lindsey Gallas


3 Things I Learned at NCTM
My biggest take-aways from the sessions I attended at the 2023 NCTM Annual Conference.

Sarah Stecher
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