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.
Choice can lead to greater engagement. To maximize the benefits, teachers should offer students a limited number of options.
Bring a sense of wonder to those parts of the curriculum that seem most mundane
Inquiry can be a vehicle for understanding
Build relationships with students to learn more about their math backgrounds; connect math learning to student interests
Not always — but the real potential may lie in enhancing engagement, not necessarily achievement
Provide authentic leadership opportunities for students to contribute ideas and create change
Research Map