Ask a Researcher makes it easy for educators to get trusted, research-based answers to questions about real education challenges.
We collect questions from real educators who are looking for new ways to support students in their classrooms. The answers to those questions, developed in partnership with Usable Knowledge at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, can provide the first steps for using research to improve student learning.
Embed reasoning and reflection into the problem solving process
Bring a sense of wonder to those parts of the curriculum that seem most mundane
Build relationships with students to learn more about their math backgrounds; connect math learning to student interests
Think beyond data, provide student-centered teaching and learning
Embrace errors as learning, emphasize reasoning, and relate math to student strengths
Keep filling gaps; teach current material separately
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