Solving for Why: Understanding, Assessing, and Teaching Students Who Struggle with Math, Grades K-8

by John Tapper

This resource takes an RTI (Response to Intervention) like approach to supporting struggling learners. The idea is to solve for why, to gain insight into student understanding through frequent assessment and communication with students. It's remarkably different from recipe-type approaches that assume the same solution applies to learners with similar struggles. Rather, the solutions to mathematical struggles are often revealed from a rich understanding of each individual learner.

256 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2012

Reviews

[Ashley]

Clearly written and easy to understand. A great resource for any teacher working with struggling math learners.

[Mrs. Bolduc]

I read this book for a math class and it was very helpful!