Math Success by DMTI

Ratio Tables: Building Multiplicative and Proportional Reasoning

This DMT Insight explains and gives examples of how to teach with ratio tables and why using ratio tables serve as a flexible symbolic structure that…

16 hrs ago • Math Success by DMTI

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March 2026

Beyond "Name the Shape": Teaching Quadrilaterals for Understanding

Introduction:

Mar 17 • Math Success by DMTI

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What Depth of Knowledge Means in Math: Rethinking What We Ask Students To Do

This DMT Insight explores how Depth of Knowledge (DOK) reshapes lesson design and instructional questioning by focusing on the mental actions students…

Mar 2 • Math Success by DMTI

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February 2026

Rethinking the Teaching of Area and Perimeter

Introduction:

Feb 19 • Math Success by DMTI

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Beyond Worksheets: How Summer Math Programs Boost Language and Thinking

This research overview highlights how well-designed summer math programs emphasizing language rich, hands-on, & conceptually focused experiences…

Feb 4 • Math Success by DMTI

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January 2026

The "Diamond" Problem: How Everyday Language Undermines Geometric Thinking

This DMT Insight shows why common shape posters and worksheets create misconceptions like “diamond,” and how teaching shapes as intersecting lines and…

Jan 26 • Math Success by DMTI

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Time Matters: How Instructional Minutes Shape Mathematical Understanding

This DMT Insight demonstrates how instructional time—daily, weekly, and yearly—directly influences the depth, durability, and equity of students…

Jan 13 • Math Success by DMTI

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Investing in the tool (Transactional) or the teacher (transformational)?

This Insight examines why curriculum alone rarely improves math outcomes and shows how investing in teachers mathematical knowledge is one of the most…

Jan 8 • Math Success by DMTI

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December 2025

Why Teacher Knowledge is the Key to Fixing Elementary Math

This DMT Insight demonstrates that meaningful gains in elementary math come not from new materials but from strengthening teachers’ mathematical…

Dec 4, 2025 • Math Success by DMTI

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November 2025

Why Number Lines Should Be Built

This DMT Insight shows how letting students build number line not just use them strengthens their structural understanding by helping them reason about…

Nov 24, 2025 • Math Success by DMTI

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From Screens to Sense making: What are We Missing?

How Digital Learning Shapes and Limits Understanding.

Nov 14, 2025 • Math Success by DMTI

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Drills vs Strategies: Building Flexible Mathematical Thinkers

This DMT Insight explains how replacing drill-focused fluency practice with strategy-based instruction and purposeful retrieval builds flexible…

Nov 7, 2025 • Math Success by DMTI

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