“To teach well, you should pay careful attention to what an assignment will make students think about,” Willingham advises, ...

Whether they are designing robots, solving problems or teaching others, Kirtland students are learning a range of skills in the school district’s FIRST programs. Students on the district’s FIRST Lego ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

Developed by Ms. Kelly, Collaborative Community Fridays bring students together through interdisciplinary lessons. With Mr. Kalberer’s science class studying genetics and DNA, the teachers designed a ...

Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

Students from Coventry Public Schools participated in the Future Problem Solving (FPS) State Bowl at North Haven High School. The program, led by Marybeth Murdoch, a teacher and FPS coach, ...

WLKY APP. LOCAL STUDENTS PUT THEIR PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS TO WORK TO COMPETE FOR A $10,000 PRIZE. THE FOURTH ANNUAL ALL TECH IN INNOVATION CHALLENGE WAS HELD TODAY AT ELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY AND ...

Abstract Algebra” lecture, I tend to buffer them with filler words: “like,” “wait,” “sorry.” While my friend and I raise our ...

Putting their autonomous vehicle prototype through its paces on the engineering quad, student team members monitor sensor responses as the full-sized golf cart skims quietly across the walkway. Under ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...