ERIC Number: EJ1456961
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
EISSN: EISSN-2330-0582
Implementing the MTPs with Digital Curricula
Amanda Waldron; Steve Rhine
Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, v118 n1 p37-44 2025
Digital curricula can constrain teachers with ready-made instructional materials. The authors used Mathematics Teaching Practices (MTPs) to modify a digital curriculum to engage students in more thoughtful and meaningful lessons. In this article, the authors visit one of their third-grade classrooms, in which they used the prescriptive digital curriculum Go Math! The Go Math! curriculum uses both video and slides for instruction. In this lesson, the authors worked to develop students' understanding of the attributes of triangles, but they were not satisfied with simply using the provided curriculum. The authors realized that the students needed more interaction with the concepts, so they modified the lesson to enhance the students understanding by including the MTPs.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Curriculum Implementation, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Video Technology, Lesson Plans, Geometry, Geometric Concepts, Instructional Design, Prior Learning, Visual Aids
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education
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Language: English
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