Teaching Mathematics through Big Ideas in the Middle Years

Online and In-Person Workshops for Educators

Big ideas raise individual standards to a higher level so that students can learn mathematics as a meaningful subject of connected ideas. This approach has been shown by research to engage students and increase achievement and is the best approach for teaching heterogeneous groups of students. In these interactive workshops, we explore how to engage all students through open, in-depth and connected content. The workshops focus on Grades 6-8 but are appropriate for any teacher, leader or administrator in the middle years of K-12 education. We explore the Big Ideas for this grade level and how to use them to teach students in an engaging way, while covering all relevant mathematical standards. We are offering two versions of this training: a one-day online session or a two-day in-person event at Stanford University. Click on a date below to learn more and register!