by Laurie Ferry | Nov 13, 2024 | Mathematics, Professional Learning
The #1 question educators ask me is “How do I support the students who struggle in my math class?” It can be incredibly challenging to create a math classroom where the grade-level content is accessible for ALL students. This is especially true when we have a wide...
by Laurie Ferry | Sep 15, 2024 | Leadership, Professional Learning
As any educator will tell you, the Gradual Release of Responsibility instructional model has been a foundation of teacher education programs for the last 24 years. We all have been trained to ‘I do’ or model the learning for students first. We were taught that...
by Laurie Ferry | Sep 1, 2024 | Leadership, Professional Learning
Just this week as I was working alongside strong, student-centered teachers I heard the following comments related to structuring/planning a math block. “I hate that we no longer have access to IXL this year! This was a great time filler during my math block.” “The...
by Laurie Ferry | Aug 19, 2024 | Leadership, Mathematics, Professional Learning
One of the first statements Dr. Peter Liljedahl made in his opening keynote at the 2024 Annual BTC Conference was, “I have spent the last year in over 160 classrooms adding to this research”. As the crowd of over 900 educators in the scorching Phoenix heat waited in...
by Laurie Ferry | Apr 10, 2024 | Mathematics, Professional Learning
Math apathy is living large in our math classrooms. It can be defined as a lack of interest or engagement in math. What causes math apathy and what does it look like in our classrooms? More importantly, how do we address it? Math apathy can be caused by a variety of...
by Laurie Ferry | Feb 19, 2024 | Mathematics, Professional Learning
Why do so many students hate math? What is it about math, more than any other content area, that can create such a negative feeling from students? One of the main reasons students struggle in math is related to students’ perception that math has one right answer, one...
