While it is important to plan and invest the time at the beginning of the school year or semester engaging in tasks that allow us to get to know our students as mathematics learners, it’s equally ...

In classrooms across the country and world, teachers yearn for opportunities to come together and share ideas, stories, challenges, and practices, envisioning a world where all students can thrive.

Thinking about numbers using frames of 5 can be a helpful way to learn basic number facts. The four games that can be played with this applet help to develop counting and addition skills. (This applet ...

If you have experience and expertise on a particular topic in mathematics, consider becoming a speaker at an upcoming NCTM event. Being a speaker is a great way to increase your exposure and build ...

Use tiles to represent variables and constants, learn how to represent and solve algebra problem. Solve equations, substitute in variable expressions, and expand and factor. Flip tiles, remove zero ...

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a set of academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA) developed under the direction of the Council of Chief State School ...

These grade-band specific professional learning modules are focused on the Effective Teaching Practices and Guiding Principles from Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All.

Use this tool to strengthen understanding and computation of numerical expressions and equality. In understanding equality, one of the first things students must realize is that equality is a ...

Bobbie Bear is planning a vacation and wants to know how many outfits can be made using different colored shirts and pants. Click on a shirt or a pair of pants and drag it over Bobbie Bear. Release ...

E-seminars are recorded professional development webinars with facilitator guide and handouts. E-seminars are free for NCTM members. Webcasts of Annual Meeting Keynote Sessions offer notable and ...

Procedural fluency is an essential component of equitable teaching and is necessary to developing mathematical proficiency and mathematical agency. Each and every student must have access to teaching ...

When students become active doers of mathematics, the greatest gains of their mathematical thinking can be realized. The process of sense making begins when we create classrooms full of curious ...