As educators, we believe joy, hope, and curiosity are essential to learning. Through the NCTE-NCTM Joint Conference for Elementary Literacy and Mathematics, we commit to teaching mathematics and ...

Provide opportunities for students to engage in data and statistical reasoning using authentic datasets. Use real-life civic and social contexts, such as housing costs, pollution, and school funding, ...

In honor of MET’s 50th anniversary, we invite you to help us raise $50,000 to expand grants, scholarships, and awards that strengthen mathematics teaching and learning nationwide. MET is the ...

Quilters and other designers sometimes start by producing square patches with a pattern on them. These square patches are then repeated and connected to produce a larger pattern. Create your own patch ...

A net is a two-dimensional figure that can be folded into a three-dimensional object. Which of the nets below will form a cube? Click on any net, and determine whether or not it can form a cube. An ...

A tessellation is a repeating pattern of polygons that covers a plane with no gaps or overlaps. What kind of tessellations can you make out of regular polygons? What shapes tessellate? If shapes can ...

NCTM established the Mathematics Education Trust (MET) in 1976 to channel the generosity of donors by creating grants for preservice teachers, in-service teachers, coaches, teacher-leaders, teacher ...

Be prepared with additional items of varying sizes. Items that are too small (such as a dime) and too large (such as the opening of an umbrella) tend to be less accurate. After the measurements have ...

Explore interactive tools and resources for teaching and learning mathematics, provided by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

A proactive, rather than reactive, approach to interventions creates opportunities for students to develop the foundational concepts and skills necessary to engage meaningfully with grade-level ...

Join NCTM as we celebrate our Centennial with 100 Days of Professional Learning - live, free webinars presented by selected speakers from the NCTM Centennial Annual Meeting program that was to be held ...