This math is… different…
Sometimes the math looks different from what most of us remember, and if you’ve sat down to help with homework lately, you know exactly what I mean. You come to the table ready to be useful, and the page is…
Why We Teach It This Way
The thinking (and the research) behind how math looks in our classrooms.
Why Seekers & Solvers?
A note on the name of this blog. I listened to the most beautiful description of what we want to build in mathematicians several weeks ago. A brilliant colleague of mine (Pete Prince, to be specific, who is co-head of…
“Use The Math You Know”
“Use the math you know.” It is one of my most important mantras. In fact, I rarely have to say it anymore. When I review an upcoming homework assignment with my students, and we come to a tricky looking or…