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How were the Wright brothers, amateur tinkerers with no scientific credentials whatsoever and no financial support other than what they had managed to generate on their own, able to succeed where Samuel Pierpont Langley - the pre-eminent scientist with the...

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True equity isn't about forced outcomes; it's about providing every student with a "for-real and fair shot." By leveraging radical affordability and the power of self-instruction, we can move past the divisiveness of educational politics and create a true mathematical...

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Both traditional and progressive approaches to math instruction still tend to operate on a one-size-fits-all model, with individual students being given little control over their level of math instruction, and with age - of all things - being the primary...

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The uncertain future of the U.S. Department of Education is fanning fears of federal funding cuts. Pay no mind to all the huffing and puffing: here's how You Teach You, the first math method with “ample examples,” can dramatically improve...

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It’s time to talk about the elephant in the classroom: the traditional model of math education where one teacher is responsible for way-too-many students. This system - though it’s rarely acknowledged - is an assembly line, and a malfunctioning one...

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The science surrounding pre-worked examples and the need for deliberate practice with instantly accessible feedback has been settled for decades now. Let's use it at long last to rescue the countless students who would fall through the cracks otherwise - by...

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Steve argues that the best way to learn new math content is to start with pre-worked examples, practice problems, and instant feedback and then move on to more complex tasks and open-ended projects.

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Educational research has consistently found one-to-one tutoring to be the most effective form of math instruction there is; classrooms are too large and diverse to work. Self-instructional materials based on pre-worked examples will be the future of math education. It’s...

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