Tara Trudo

Tara Trudo

Posts by Tara Trudo

Moving Beyond "How Many in Each Group": Teaching Division Problem Types

What does division look like at your grade level? It's a question worth pondering, because the answer reveals something important about how we teach and how our students learn one of mathematics' most complex operations.

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Jun 12, 2026

Honest Conversations, Real Change: Leading Math Instruction Transformation at Every Level

Let me tell you about a conversation I had with a first-grade teacher a few years ago. She was describing a boy in her class who had an IEP for math. "He just doesn't get it," she said. "Some kids are just like that with math."

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May 1, 2026

Building Bridges: Helping Students Move Between Concrete, Representational and Abstract Models

What is the difference between a student who gets the right answer and a student who understands the mathematics? The answer lies in how flexibly they can move between different ways of representing mathematical ideas and how well they understand the connections between those representations.

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Apr 16, 2026
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