Our real-world tasks provide both teachers and administrators with a way of assessing students' problem-solving and communication skills. Authentic material engages students and promotes reasoning and communication.
4th grade students discuss Exemplars problem solving.
5th grade reflections on Exemplars rubric and problem solving.
4th graders offer advice on problem solving.
News From Exemplars
Rebranding Symbols of Teaching
NPR’s Studio 360 recently took on the challenge and asked a design group, Hyperakt, to formulate a new set of visuals related to who we are as educators and the universe we inhabit. It is imaginative, playful and thought provoking … just like school should be!
Math to the Third Power (Making Math Meaningful!)
Have a student identified as gifted in mathematics? Hmmm, what to do … ? Give more problems? Jump to the next book?
What People Are Saying
I recently had the opportunity to reflect on our students' growth since they have been using Exemplars. What pleases me is the degree to which I see them developing the ability to explain their solutions using reasoning and strong language ...
J. Francisco
Principal
I am a special education teacher and I have been using the math Exemplars with my students. They enjoy doing them and have actually asked to do them. I have noticed that with each problem we solve more and more students are trying to stretch their thinking so they can become 'Experts.'
J. Reardon
Special Education Teacher