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During our recent live Twitter® #MathWorkshopChat with Director of Professional Learning Brenda Konicke and Math Workshop author Jennifer Lempp, we explored number sense routines and their use in math workshop. Read the recap below and follow us to learn more about how number sense routines and the math workshop model of instruction can transform your…

Are you interested in using the math workshop model of instruction in your classroom and putting your students at the center of learning? Join @Math_Solutions for our September #MathWorkshopChat on Wednesday, September 26th at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT. Brenda Konicke, Director of Professional Learning, and Jennifer Lempp, author of Math Workshop: Five Steps to Implementing Guided…

Back to School is one of my favorite times of year because I love the smell of a fresh box of crayons, buying new school supplies and notebooks, and having a new start. It’s probably why I became a classroom teacher myself. After decorating my classroom, setting up my library and sorting supplies, I started…

Creating a Culture of Risk-taking in the Mathematics Classroom is the first in a four-part blog series on inspiring math achievement in the classroom. To read the second blog post, head over here. At the beginning of each school year we spend time helping students learn expectations for walking down hallways and how to act in the cafeteria.…

Many of us, when we think of addressing equitable student outcomes in mathematics education, think of advocating for each and every student to have access to a rigorous and coherent curriculum. And this does remain a significant concern in the U.S. Research indicates that students from marginalized groups continue to have less access to college…

Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of our “Coaching for a Mathematical Mindset” blog series. Below are two conversations between a teacher and a coach. How are they different? What might the teachers’ observations and explanations reveal about their mathematical mindsets? Conversation 1 Coach: You’ve been trying some new instructional practices…

What assumptions might teachers or administrators make about students in their K-12 school districts? How might making these assumptions have unintended negative consequences? These questions and others were the foundation of a keynote speech from Math Solutions professional learning expert Nicole Bridge at the HMH offices this summer. K-12 teachers and administrators attended the professional…

Jennifer Lempp, author of Math Workshop, sat down with us in our Facebook Live booth at the 26th Annual Model Schools Conference to discuss what inspires her about math workshop. Watch the video to learn more about how the math workshop model can empower students to make choices and be successful as mathematicians and problem-solvers.…

Our recent live Twitter® #MathWorkshopChat with Director of Professional Learning Le’Vada Gray and Math Workshop author Jennifer Lempp offered strategies for creating a math culture that inspires learning. Read the recap below and follow us to learn more about how math workshops can transform your classroom.

There’s a lot of talk these days about the importance of mathematical mindset and its impact on student learning. In About Teaching Mathematics, Fourth Edition, Marilyn Burns identifies six dispositions that are important for students to develop in the math classroom: Interest to figure out solutions to problems Willingness to persevere when solutions are not…