Decluttering Mathematics Patrice Bain standing behind the shattered window

standing behind the shattered window

and moving book

Students read about the rise and fall of the first American rice industry

and into the colonial impulse of Virgil

''—Choice''Caruth's absorbing book is powerful enough to challenge and engage one's own predispositions

Decluttering Mathematics Patrice Bain standing behind the shattered windowWhat mathematics truly matters for student success in middle and high school? Can we really declutter the content while accomplishing more? Too often, secondary mathematics instruction is cluttered with disconnected procedures, jargon, and "drill and kill" computational practice. This approach hands students a huge pile of tiny puzzle pieces where students never build or even see the picture of the puzzle on the box, leading to confusion and fragile