After years of assigning the kind of homework she had done as a student and observing students’ disengagement with it, a teacher overhauled how she assigns math practice.

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Emphasize sharing of ideas, synthesis, and critical, informed reflection; Include student initiative in defining and investigating problems or projects; Have projects that speak to an audience beyond ...

Writing is a valuable educational tool for learning. In the classroom, writing can help students grapple with and understand content more deeply and help students learn disciplinary ways of knowing ...