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I said another way that you could do this
and still get

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the same answer would be .5 times 24.

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Okay,
so you could think of... Because .5 is half of 1,

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which half is the same thing
as .5.

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Now you're really thinking. Bridges
supports

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the learning for all students,
so everyone has access to the math.

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Whether you understand the concepts

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or you're still learning
to build up to the concept.

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I grew up thinking
that I wasn't good at math.

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It amazes me how teaching Bridges
the last seven or eight years,

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I personally have just grown in my own
math

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understanding, like, tenfold.

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And it's because of how many strategies
Bridges presents.

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The most important part of the multi-strategy approach for students

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is thinking about how

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they are the owners of their knowledge.

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So it's really about giving them the tools
and the power to solve problems.

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It helps them like math.

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It helps them want to be in math class.

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They are excited to engage in the games,

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in the activities and in the rich problems
that they're going to solve.

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They like to work together.

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Bridges really helps
students build a positive math identity,

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not only by providing students with voice
and opportunities to share their ideas,

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to learn from each other, but
also by providing students with choice.

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Now that I've had experience with Bridges
Third Edition Number Corner,

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I have really liked
the new computational fluency activities.

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It really allows students
to build conceptual

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knowledge around those in a way
that makes us learn as a community

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together.
We can continuously work to make sure

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all students see themselves
in the curriculum materials.

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All students can
make sense of mathematics.