What is formative assessment? PDF Formative assessment is any assessment task designed to promote students' learning. These tasks give both teachers and students feedback, so that teaching and ...

Creating, supporting, and sustaining a culture of access and equity require being responsive to students' backgrounds, experiences, cultural perspectives, traditions, and knowledge when designing and ...

NCTM's Standards publications and position statements present a vision of appropriate goals for high-quality mathematics teaching and learning. This vision is at the heart of NCTM's efforts to provide ...

Be a Speaker 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 ...

Thinking about numbers using frames of 10 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 ...

What is Notice and Wonder? 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 ...

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.

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics provides weekly math problems for students and teachers to enhance learning and problem-solving skills.

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 ...

Our Position The National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) recognize the importance of addressing STEM fields (science, ...

Algebra Tiles Grade: 6th to 8th, High School Use tiles to represent variables and constants, learn how to represent and solve algebra problem. Solve equations, substitute in variable expressions, and ...

Times Table Grade: PreK to 2nd, 3rd to 5th This tool allows you to practice multiplying single-digit numbers. This interactive is optimized for your desktop and tablet.