Our authentic tasks include differentiated versions and provide teachers and administrators with a way of assessing students' problem-solving and communication skills. Real-world material engages students and helps them develop critical thinking and reasoning skills.
Watch this class of first graders from the Tokyo International School work with Math Exemplars.
Watch this explanation of how word problems are different from problem solving.
Exemplars Number and Operations Workshop.
Implementing Exemplars problem solving.
Fourth grade students discuss Exemplars problem solving.
Fifth grade reflections on Exemplars rubric and problem solving.
Fourth graders offer advice on problem solving.
Watch students meet the Math Practices.
Watch teachers review student work using the Exemplars math rubric.
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News From Exemplars
How PS 12, the Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School, Took Student Math Scores “Ahead of the Pack”
Exemplars changed my teaching,” says one teacher ... And it changed the school’s learning outcomes, too: So substantial were its improvements in math scale scores that it made New York City’s top 10 list of positive percentage changes for 2017.
A Mindset Shift in Problem Solving
A third grade student Michael C. commented, “Exemplars is fun. It helps you to do math and writing. While you’re doing Exemplars, you can also work on your writing.”
What People Are Saying
Using the Exemplars has added strength and depth to our mathematics program. Our primary math curriculum is Investigations in Number, Data, and Space a standards-based program. The two fit nicely together because both require students to explain their reasoning and show their work using numbers, pictures and words...
Vickie Brown
Elementary School Teacher
Socorro Independent School District
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