Underestimating Estimation

Have you ever tried to teach a 3-yr-old how to ride a tricycle?   Now take that same thought, with  the same 3-yr-old but the tricycle has only one wheel! Crazy right?!?!  This is how I expected my students to become computationally fluent in my early years of...

What The Fluency?!?!? Time to stop the debate

After reading Dr. Boaler’s post on timed tests and math anxiety http://joboaler.com/timed-tests-and-the-development-of-math-anxiety/, I can’t help but think about the amount of harm we are causing. To automatize? Or to memorize?  That is the question!  But should...