Tweet from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference regarding a discussion of number lines. Archived twitter conversations from last week’s conference can be found by searching #NCTM12 or #NCTM2012.   Scridb filter

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If you’re like me, you’re already excitedly paging through the NCTM Conference program book, choosing which workshops and sessions to attend.  With over 700 sessions this year, planning your days can be quite a challenge.  If you’re  looking to check out some Singapore Math sessions, there’s good news and bad. Good news? There are 11 sessions on Singapore [...]

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Heading to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Conference in Indianapolis this year? Looking to check out some Singapore Math sessions? Well, there’s good news and bad. Good news? there are 14 sessions on Singapore Math this year! (Two more than last year.) Bad news? Anything listed below in pink is an overlapping [...]

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When I go speak at a school’s Parent Night about Singapore Math, I get asked a lot of different questions. The most common one, however, is how can I help my child with his/her homework? To help out in Northern Colorado, my home base, I decided to take my Parent Boot Camps to another level. [...]

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In late April, two mathematics conferences were held in San Diego: The NCSM (National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics) and the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics). This is the final in a series of posts from those conferences. NCTM Session: Does Singapore Mathematics (SM) Enhance Students’ Learning in the United States? By Richard Askey, Patsy [...]

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