Math Now: Problem-Solving in a Pandemic
December 2, 2020
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, teachers have had to adjust their teaching techniques for classes that now sometimes take place online. Among the toughest subjects to do that for? Mathematics. It鈥檚 also the subject in which students seem to be losing the most ground.
To keep math learning somewhat on course, teachers are trimming standards, ditching answer-getting tests, and using games and apps to supplement instruction. They鈥檙e also finding ways to engage students over screens, including with lessons about how math and social justice intersect. And they鈥檙e leaning on parents perhaps more than ever. This special reporting series looks at how COVID-19 has affected achievement, instruction, assessment, and engagement in math.
To keep math learning somewhat on course, teachers are trimming standards, ditching answer-getting tests, and using games and apps to supplement instruction. They鈥檙e also finding ways to engage students over screens, including with lessons about how math and social justice intersect. And they鈥檙e leaning on parents perhaps more than ever. This special reporting series looks at how COVID-19 has affected achievement, instruction, assessment, and engagement in math.
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Mathematics Digital Math Games and Apps: What Works and What Doesn't?Teachers are using a variety of games, videos, and apps to supplement online math instruction鈥攂ut not all of them are created equal.
Mathematics The Problem With Giving Math Tests Online and How Teachers Are Solving ItWith students working remotely, there鈥檚 no point in administering assessments that ask them to give a single answer; it鈥檚 too easy to cheat.
Mathematics Teacher Tips: Keeping Kids Engaged During Online Math ClassMath teachers share advice for making remote instruction work.
Mathematics Teaching Math Through a Social Justice LensTeachers are drawing on high-profile issues such as policing, the spread of the pandemic, and campaign finance to explore math concepts.
Mathematics How Parents and Schools Can Work Together to Keep Math Learning on TrackCollaboration doesn鈥檛 require turning parents into math experts, classroom teachers say.
