Best+Practices+for+Teaching+Mathematics

=__**Things to Incorporate When Teaching: ** __=

3. Achieving equity will require “resources and support for all classrooms and all students”.
=Twelve Main Strategies: =
 * 1) ===Encourage exploration and investigation ===
 * 2) ===Use students’ prior knowledge ===
 * 3) === Use multiple representations to illustrate mathematical ideas ===
 * 4) === Use real-world problem-solving activities ===
 * 5) === Integrate mathematics with other content areas ===
 * 6) === Use culturally relevant materials as a springboard for math instruction ===
 * 7) === Provide students with opportunities to use technology ===
 * 8) === Encourage oral and written discourse in the classroom ===
 * 9) === Encourage collaborative problem solving ===
 * 10) === Use student thinking to enhance learning ===
 * 11) === Offer an enriched curriculum and challenging activities ===
 * 12) ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Use a variety of problem-solving experience s.===