by Tom | Oct 28, 2023 | math topics
I have seen many lessons in which the distinction between how to model or represent a story problem and how to solve the story problem get confused. This happens especially with story problems in which either the starting value or the change is unknown, a type of...
by Tom | Sep 18, 2015 | math topics
How do we want students to understand a fraction such as 3/4? Yesterday I had the privilege of working with an elementary team that is starting lesson study for the first time. They decided their theme would be around developing persistence in their students through...