I’ve spent many years working exclusively with 8th graders who struggle with math in some way or another. Sometimes they struggle because they lack background knowledge. Other times they struggle because they aren’t ready to understand, and sometimes their own fixed mindset holds them back. Teaching solving multi-steps equations can bring out the worst for struggling students. There are a lot of steps students need to keep track of and even more details. [Read more…] about How to Teach Solving Multi-Step Linear Equations with Interactive Notebooks