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"Keeping It Simple I also learned over the years that asking straightforward, simply-worded questions can be just as effective as those intricate ones. With that in mind, if you are a new teacher or perhaps not so new but know that question-asking is an area where you'd like to grow, start tomorrow with these five" - then add to your bag of tricks regularly.

"She says it gives her the opportunity to do more demonstrations and students are getting more attention than ever before." - Some of our DSF teachers are doing this and it is worth discussing strategies that work and activities that engage during class time.

The path to better understanding. "The new movement to revolutionize math teaching and learning"

The path to better understanding. "The new movement to revolutionize math teaching and learning"

"I'm a high-school math teacher completely frustrated with new math, reform math, fuzzy math, the color of math, talking about math, literacy across the curriculum and all those other things that get in the way of students actually learning math, not to mention the ever-present "You need to help raise our scores by taking one day a week to go over test-taking skills" and other administrative folderol."