An Overview of Phenomenal Teaching
What does it look like to build students’ agency and understanding amidst shifting standards, changing assessments, waves of mandated curricula, […]
Introduction to Phenomenal Teaching
This blog post is part of a series excerpted from the 2020 PEBC publication Phenomenal Teaching. The book is available […]
The Importance of ‘Understanding’ in Mathematics
Learn More at an Upcoming PEBC Math Institute Advance your math instruction by attending a PEBC institute where you can […]
Five Ways to Get Students to Turn on their Video During Classes
There they are – the boxes on the video-conference screen, empty but names or images uploaded. We are hearing from […]
Community in the Physical and Virtual Classroom
Trust, shared purpose, interdependence, mutual support, and safety in taking risks are some of the features of an effective community. […]
Effective Remote Teaching
What a spring! We have worked alongside so many teachers responding and adjusting and revising our remote teaching in an […]
What Does Mathematical Discourse Sound Like?
Almost like a great song, top-notch mathematical discourse is something you know when you hear. Yet, to cultivate quality, you […]
Phenomenal Teaching
We are happy to introduce you to Wendy Ward Hoffer’s fifth book, Phenomenal Teaching, forthcoming from Heinemann in 2020. This […]
Math: Why doesn’t yours look like mine?
Dear Parents, I know you have been wondering why our math does not look like your math. When you and […]
Agency = Unstuck
How to Get Unstuck. This is one of the most important lessons we can teach in school. Because the truth […]
Empowering Problem Solvers
Santi had some cookies. His mom baked him 9 more. Now he has 16. How many cookies did Santi have […]
Cry for Meaning: Making Sense of Math
A literacy teacher shared with me about a recent reading conference with one of her second graders: the little girl […]