by Laura Henn | Oct 15, 2018
Overview In this resource, we discuss the teaching and learning of measuring liquid volume. Specifically, we attend to how students’ understanding of liquid volume might progress through the four stages of measurement. This resource builds on our measurement overview,...
by Laura Henn | Aug 3, 2018
Overview In this resource, we discuss the first situation types that students typically experience when introduced to addition and subtraction story problems in Kindergarten. Studying these situations allows teachers to see how students begin to understand the...
by Laura Henn | Aug 3, 2018
Overview In this resource, we discuss the teaching and learning of addition and subtraction. Often, students’ understanding of this topic is heavily grounded in rote computation of numbers, separated from any real-life context. Unfortunately, this can leave gaps in...
by Laura Henn | Feb 1, 2018
Have you seen students in upper elementary or middle school use their fingers to calculate? What early elementary experiences would build fluency with mental calculation so students would not need to rely on their fingers in later grades? The mathematics resource...
