How to broaden our definition of mathematical competence to more accurately reflect the discipline and increase equity.

The Chain Rule is one of the most important tools students will need to evaluate derivatives. The Chain Rule is the basis for implicit...

When we talk with other teachers, the prevailing themes of our conversations are the desire to teach our students well--and by that we...

At the end of every Stats Medic lesson, there is a Check Your Understanding (CYU) problem. This post suggests how you might use it.

Your countdown timer is going off. Groups have written up their answers on the board. You’ve recorded some key ideas that you want to...

AP Stats all-star Joshua Sawyer believes that getting students thinking and talking requires us to get teachers thinking and talking.

At this point in the school year you’re probably getting ready to give your first AP Calculus test. What should the format of the test...

Are you having trouble getting through a full lesson in one class period? Here are some tips to make you more efficient.

This is the second post in a two-part series on how we can use questions to draw out and extend student thinking. In the first post, we...

They say you can’t know what you don’t know. There are things we learn in certain seasons that wouldn’t have landed at an earlier time. I...

In this post we discuss our math and group work norms and how we introduce and uphold them throughout the year.

What should homework look like in AP Calc? How much should we assign and where can we find problems? Let's address these questions.

We wondered how teachers were using the Stats Medic Video Subscription, so we asked for their feedback. Check out what they said!

The 1st week of class is so important! Use the activities in this blog post to build trust with students and establish norms for groupwork.

I was recently playing “Simon Says” with one of my friend's young kids. They found the game very entertaining, their brows wrinkled in...

A collection of ideas, tasks, activities, and resources for the first week of AP Calculus.

Here you will get a collection of Desmos activities that can be used to enhance your AP Stats instruction and improve student understanding.

GAISE report author Christine Franklin gives us a history lesson on statistics education in the United States.

The College Board has released the FRQs for the 2021 exam. Here we make an attempt at solutions that will earn full credit on the rubrics.

Teaching AP Calculus is challenging but the 48 hours between the exam and the free response release are probably the hardest! We love...