In this free five-week email course, you’ll learn research-backed strategies to help students make sense of math.
You will receive an email each Tuesday, for the next five weeks after signing up. Sign up or continue reading for more information.
What is a mini-course?
The Education Week Mini-Course is an email-based course carefully constructed by EdWeek experts to teach you what you need to know about critical education issues in bite-sized chunks. You won’t need to go to class or complete assignments, but you will come out of the course with the confidence to develop your own action plan. Here's a few things to know:
- After signing up, you will get an email with more information.
- Once the mini-course begins, you’ll receive emails every week, but feel free to take it at your own pace.
- A pre- and post-quiz will reinforce your learning.
- You can make this a professional learning team activity by telling your colleagues to sign up.
- You will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course for 3 hours of professional learning.
What can you expect from this course?
- Concise, straightforward explanations from EdWeek journalists on the best practices for teaching math across grade levels
- Lessons from leading-edge research on how to help students make sense of tricky math concepts and feel more confident in the subject
Informative videos with tips and strategies to boost student learning - Advice from experts in the field on how to address common math challenges
- Deeper, more nuanced understanding of how to teach math so that students learn
What topics will be covered?
Each week, you will be immersed in a different aspects of teaching math:
- Week 1 | Introduction to Math Best Practices
- Week 2 | Math Progression
- Week 3 | Fractions
- Week 4 | Word Problems
- Week 5 | Tackling Math Anxiety
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