Topic: PreK-5 Mathematics

This resource examines some limitations of current mathematics instruction and provides key considerations for coaches of mathematics teachers. Authors Shannon Lasserre-Cortez, Ph.D., Patricia Cox, Heidi Goertzen, Ph.D., Lauren Jetty, Ph.D., Concepcion Molina, Ed.D., & Lori Vandeborne, M.Ed. Organization Region...

This guide for teachers is a companion piece to the meta-analysis from the Center on Instruction, Mathematics Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities or Difficulty Learning Mathematics: A Synthesis of the Intervention Research. Based on the findings of this...

This report describes in-depth practices at six schools that are making targeted efforts to improve math education for students with disabilities and other struggling learners. It examines each school’s practices for improving the math learning of all students as...

This practice guideprovides eight specific recommendations to help educators address the challenge of reducing the number of children who struggle with mathematics by using “response to intervention” (RtI) as a means of both identifying students who need more help...

This document details research on early mathematics learning for early childhood educators and strives to clarify instructional goals for early mathematics development. Geared toward preschool teachers, this document provides teachers with assessments that are objective, accurate, and valid and...

This practice guide summary and video are companion pieces to the Teaching Math to Young Children practice guide. The practice guide summary provides a brief overview of the five evidence-based recommendations included in the practice guide. The summary also...

This 90-page document, Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for Kindergarten Through 8th Grade was created by the Institute of Educational Sciences to detail five instructional recommendations for teaching fractions. This guide can be utilized by teachers, coaches, and other educators...

In this short, user-friendly animated video from the Institute of Education Sciences, parents are encouraged to instill a positive attitude about learning and math in their young children. Two evidence-based strategies shared in the video that parents can use...

Teaching Math to Young Children focuses on five evidence-based recommendations based on children ages 3 through 6 who are enrolled in preschool, prekindergarten, and kindergarten programs. This Institute of Education Sciences (IES) guide highlights three common themes: Early math...

This video demonstrates how Recommendation 4 of the Institute of Sciences practice guide Teaching Math to Young Learners can be carried out. The recommendation teach children to view and describe their world mathematically is described by math expert, Douglas...