Using word problems to employ the two strategies above is a great way to engage students’ minds and really drill in the common core multiplication strategies for 3rd and 4th graders. Word problems are ...

You might also remember the photo of a check that went viral not that long ago — a man filled out a check to his son’s school by attempting to write the check amount in ten frames. There have been ...

On Friday (March 13), NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune published a story about Common Core mathematics, the related Eureka Math curriculum and how both are transforming Louisiana classrooms. We also ...

This is part two of my analysis of instruction and Common Core’s implementation. I dubbed the three-part examination of instruction “The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.” Having discussed “the “good” in ...

Sean Nank is a math expert who is helping teachers to implement the Common Core standards. He’s a professor at the American College of Education, created in 2005 to provide online graduate programs ...

Using properties of operations to teach multiplication is another one of the common core multiplication strategies for 3rd and 4th graders. What exactly are the properties of multiplication? Let’s go ...