Tagged: Juliana Tapper

Crumbled white paper shaped like a brain on a grey concrete surface, with algebra formulas sketched on it (e.g., M =, y = mx + b).

Be a Shade of Gray in the Either/Or Math War

Teaching math through inquiry can be excellent. It’s a goal to aspire to. But for many struggling students, jumping straight into pure inquiry without any explicit instruction first can be paralyzing. Juliana Tapper’s Math Wars model helps teachers find the happy (gray) medium.

Breaking Down Fluency Gates for MS Math Kids

When math interventionist Juliana Tapper was forced to teach grade-level content, her MS kids “moved from apathy to hope,” and she had a revelation. When we provide access, structural support, and the right fluency practice, we stop being gatekeepers and become gatebreakers.

A Math Framework for Students Who Struggle

Juliana Tapper’s book describes her ‘Math War’ instructional strategies to reengage students who’ve turned away from math and to teach them the math they need to know. It’s written for math intervention teachers and useful to any math educator, says teacher Andrew Krasnavage.