Animal science professor Temple Grandin, author of "The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum," suggests US schools are teaching algebra too early and too fast and ignoring real-world connections that would hold students' interest.

Teachers working on learning recovery must recognize that accelerated learning has the potential to overload students and prompt fatigue, according to mental health practitioner Rosemary Anderson and professor Christian Anderson. The pair explained issues specific to gifted and talented students, offered suggestions on working with parents, and addressed teachers' stress from added expectations.

Bringing math to life, gamifying equations and implementing easy-to-use tools can help draw students' attention during math lessons by making the subject more engaging and relatable, veteran middle-school math teacher Emily Strickland. For example, Strickland brings popular sports into statistics lessons with the help of virtual field trips to a sports arena.  

Debating helps students strengthen their communication and objective thinking skills, and practice patience and tolerance.

I språkutvecklande undervisning är det viktigt att det inte bara är de ämnesspecifika begreppen som förklaras och reds ut, utan även mer vardagliga ord. Inte minst sådana med flera betydelser. Det är en av lärdomarna SO- och NO-lärarna på Söderkullaskolan tar med sig från bokcirkeln där de tillsammans fördjupade sig i språkutvecklande arbetssätt.

Dividing students into groups based on ability for math instruction turned out to be more effective than groups that combine students at different skill levels, researchers from the universities of Rochester, N.Y., and Nevada discovered.

Class discussions work best when everyone participates, and these strategies for grades 6 to 12 help ensure that happens.

Konkretisa och visualisera. Det är mellanstadieläraren Charlotte Lindmarks främsta tips för hur undervisningen i NO kan bli tillgänglig för alla elever.