Anchors & Bridges: Developing Students' Understanding with Real-World Contexts

Many teachers use real-world problems to make math engaging, but many miss out on the best part: using real-world problems to strengthen conceptual understanding! Not just any problem will work, though. Come hear how to use real-world problems as anchors for conceptual understanding and bridges that provide access to other types of problems.

6 to 8

Building Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching