Using tables can help bring challenging abstract algebraic concepts into better focus for high school students.

Equitable, evidence-based math lets students tackle each aspect of the subject in the way it makes the most sense to them rather than forcing one definitive method on an entire class, write Tori Trajanovski and Cristina De Simone, education doctoral candidates at York University in Canada. They explain why cultural, experiential and peer input can…

Malin Tväråna, forskare och universitetslektor i ämnesdidaktik vid Uppsala universitet, ställer frågan om varför diskussionen om undervisning och lärande fortsätter att fastna i en falsk motsättning mellan faktainlärning och kritiskt tänkande.

Kärnan i lärarens ledarskap är rutiner, regler, relationer – och ämneskunskaper. Det säger forskaren Martin Karlberg, som själv har jobbat som lärare i åtta år. ”Mitt största misstag var att jag nöjde mig med att vissa elever inte störde andra. Jag ställde lägre krav på deras lärande.”

By centering student voice, grand conversations give teachers opportunities to deepen students’ content knowledge and collaboration skills.

In his new book, psychologist Daniel Willingham says many study strategies aren’t based on evidence.

Experiential learning can help curb disparities in science and math that emerge early on, says Emily Adah Miller, an assistant professor at the University of Georgia Department of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education and a co-author of the Next Generation Science Standards.

When teachers guide students to look beyond narrow metrics of success in math, more students will see their potential for learning.

Spatial thinking can help with math development as it relates to life skills, writes Emily Farran, professor of cognitive development. Teachers can help improve students' spatial understanding with "small-world play," such as doll houses and toy farms and using spatial vocabulary, such as "next to," "in," and "parallel," Farran suggests.

Teaching academically honest research skills helps first graders learn how to collect, organize, and interpret information.