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Free 4-Part Video Course
Just like you, we’re frustrated with how easily students in math class give up when solving unfamiliar problems. We want to help our students as much as we can, just like you do. Join Kyle & Jon in this 4-part video series to learn how to build resilient problem solvers.
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Just like you, we’re frustrated with how easily students in math class give up when solving unfamiliar problems. We want to help our students as much as we can, just like you do. Join Kyle & Jon in this 4-part video series to learn how to build resilient problem solvers.
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The Easiest Way to Learn New Math Class Strategies & Resources for FREE!
If you are looking for easy ways to learn new math class strategies and access math resources for free, then you need to watch this jam packed math professional learning video.
What Does Week 1 Look Like?
Welcome to the first video in a series of weekly releases where Jon will walk through some glimpses of his classroom.
How To Overcome This Common Math Professional Development Paradox
How to overcome this common Math Professional Development Paradox that All Mathematics District Leaders and Mentors Face when engaging educators in math professional learning.
Why Math Professional Development One-Offs Won’t Cut It
Why the One-Off Approach to Math Professional Learning has got to go and what you can do instead to work towards your big, bodacious district mathematics goals over time.
Stop Force Feeding Math Professional Development – Do This Instead
Rather than force feeding math professional development and making little impact, let’s consider impactful strategies that involve smaller chunks or breadcrumbs over longer periods of time.
How To Avoid The Math Professional Development Trap
If avoiding the rush to the algorithm is what we want our math teachers to do, then shouldn’t we avoid the rush to the algorithm when delivering math professional development?
What NOT To Do When Planning and Delivering Math Professional Development
If avoiding the rush to the algorithm is what we want our math teachers to do, then shouldn’t we avoid the rush to the algorithm when delivering math professional development?
Not Enough Time: Overcoming Confirmation Bias
What we’ve learned about how we can create more time for the things we value in education and day-to-day life.
The True Purpose of Assessment in Math Class
How To Teach Ratios By Starting With Partitive Division Using Context, Strategies and Models in your classroom. Scaling composed unit ratios in tandem.
How To Teach Algebra: Using A Double Number Line To Solve Multi-Step Equations
Help your students become more flexible and fluent with solving multi-step equations by showing them how to use a flexible model: The Double Number Line.
3 Tips to Prevent “Give Up Moments” & Create resilient Problem Solvers
3-tips on how to help prevent those “give-up moments” so they can transform into resilient problem solvers.
How To Teach Percent to Build Fluency!
How you can teach percent using a flexible model that helps students build fluency in the area of percent, proportion, ratios, and rates.
Building Multiplication Fluency Through Ratios, Rates and Proportional Relationships
How To Build Multiplication Fluency Through Ratios, Rates and Proportional Relationships instead of waiting for mastery to tackle challenging concepts.
How To Teach Ratios Through Division
How To Teach Ratios By Starting With Partitive Division Using Context, Strategies and Models in your classroom. Scaling composed unit ratios in tandem.
How To Teach The Distributive Property of Multiplication Using Context, Strategies and Models
How To Teach The Distributive Property of Multiplication Using Context, Strategies and Models in your classroom using real world problem based math lessons.
How To Teach Algebra: 3 Models For Solving 2-Step Equations
Help your students become more flexible and fluent with solving 2-step equations by showing them how to use these three models consistently.
How To Create Animations For Your Math Lessons
Create slick animations that will make you math lessons pop! Jon will walk through a few examples of how to use Magic Move from Apple’s Keynote to create the animations found in the Make Math Moments catalogue of problem-based lessons.
Teach The Standards To Build Fluency and Flexibility With Number and Operations
Learn how you can build fluency and flexibility with number and operations through the exploration of all of those curriculum standards that we’re forced to teach. Classroom sneak peek.