RAPID CITY - Jane Pfeifle is sold on inquiry-based math. "I don't profess to know everything about it," she said. "But I like what I see in my own house." The Rapid City mother of three children, ages ...

S tan Yoshinobu didn’t invent inquiry-based learning, a method of instruction that replaces the time-honored lecture with student-led presentations and group work. That credit goes to the late ...

One of the joys of being an educator is embracing all the differences every student brings to the classroom, while teaching them to celebrate those unique traits in themselves and each other. Yet, ...

When students are truly engaged in inquiry, they are able to construct deep knowledge and understanding rather than just passively receiving information Lloyd Alexander once said, “We learn more by ...

A new digital math curriculum for middle and high school students is designed to encourage inquiry-based learning and is aligned with Common Core State Standards. Discovery Education has introduced ...

Purveyors of the inquiry-based and student-centered math agenda, which has persisted for more than 20 years, argue traditionally taught math has never worked for the vast majority of the nation’s ...

My wife and I just bought our first home this winter. We have spent a lot of time this spring acquiring the furniture that we need to transition from a 400 square foot apartment to a three bedroom ...

The following is the second of a series of excerpts from Gliksman’s book iPad in Education for Dummies. We tend to split science and humanities as though they were separate branches of life. But no ...

The California State Department of Education has released a new draft of its curriculum framework for K-12 mathematics. While it is notably improved regarding opportunities for advanced work, the ...