Peter Liljedahl

This student-centered approach engages students with math challenges, frees them to explore solutions collaboratively, and then connects the entire process to underlying concepts. GUEST COLUMN | by Matt Haber Throughout my years in education, I’ve often heard that a teacher’s role is to fill empty brains. Educators know that is not accurate. Students come to […]

The researcher Peter Liljedahl evangelizes for practices that prioritize and stimulate more hard thinking in classrooms.

In too many classrooms, students aren't really thinking. It's time to try something different.

Getting students up on their feet and solving problems together helps build engagement—and stronger math thinkers.