THE BEST OF THE MARSHALL MEMO
Carefully chosen summaries to energize leadership, teaching, and learning
Mathematics
Math in a Changing World
- What students need to know today
- The math adults actually use
- Lessons with authentic problem solving
Anxiety and Mindset: Addressing Math's Bad Reputation
- Is math anxiety just another name for "bad at math"?
- Language in math classrooms that can subtly discourage students
- How teachers can improve students' math self-efficacy
- Strategies to get equitable student participation
Effective Math Teaching
- Orchestrating productive struggle
- A mid-career teacher shifts to open-ended questions
- Small groups of students stand up while solving problems on whiteboards
- The story behind Jaime Escalante’s AP calculus "miracle"
Engaging Students
- Teaching Pi through hands-on experimentation
- Leading effective math discussions
- Math errors that spark good classroom exchanges
- Using fractions to get students talking about social justice
