Number Assessment Toolkit
4 quick, efficient, student-friendly assessments that help educators better understand the mathematical strengths and needs of students.
August 20, 2022
Seeing the joy in math
Dr. Julie Comay explores how learning math is filled with joyful possibilities. In her message at this year’s meeting of the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), president Trina Wilkerson delivered a stirring call for bringing joy into mathematics classrooms. The positive language and hopeful sentiments represent a welcome
June 27, 2022
Whole Number Bias and 3 Misconceptions about fractions in Junior Math
Whole number bias is the tendency to apply or misapply one’s understanding of whole numbers or natural numbers – the numbers we typically count with – to rational numbers. It makes sense that people might apply what they have learned about whole numbers, like 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to their understanding of fractions, but unfortunately this leads to all kinds of misunderstandings about fractions.
May 26, 2022
3 Misconceptions in Primary Science
Taking time at the beginning of a science unit to allow students to share or document how they understand and relate to a topic is an opportunity for educators to see and hear how their students are making sense of the world. It brings to light the foundational thinking with which students will be building their scientific knowledge.
April 5, 2022
Investigating Birds in the Spring
Birds spark curiosity in everyone. You can explore how things fly, chart migration patterns across the world, or even design feeders to outsmart a squirrel. It’s a chance to take learning outside and make real-world connections.
March 9, 2022
Exploring food insecurity using financial literacy
Students use math to explore how explore the factors that influence one’s ability to access food. Junior. Number Sense.
February 17, 2022
4 quick, efficient, student-friendly assessments that help educators better understand the mathematical strengths and needs of students.
August 20, 2022
Dr. Julie Comay explores how learning math is filled with joyful possibilities. In her message at this year’s meeting of the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), president Trina Wilkerson delivered a stirring call for bringing joy into mathematics classrooms. The positive language and hopeful sentiments represent a welcome
June 27, 2022
Whole number bias is the tendency to apply or misapply one’s understanding of whole numbers or natural numbers – the numbers we typically count with – to rational numbers. It makes sense that people might apply what they have learned about whole numbers, like 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to their understanding of fractions, but unfortunately this leads to all kinds of misunderstandings about fractions.
May 26, 2022
Taking time at the beginning of a science unit to allow students to share or document how they understand and relate to a topic is an opportunity for educators to see and hear how their students are making sense of the world. It brings to light the foundational thinking with which students will be building their scientific knowledge.
April 5, 2022
Birds spark curiosity in everyone. You can explore how things fly, chart migration patterns across the world, or even design feeders to outsmart a squirrel. It’s a chance to take learning outside and make real-world connections.
March 9, 2022
Students use math to explore how explore the factors that influence one’s ability to access food. Junior. Number Sense.
February 17, 2022