Your Place Value Chart Might Be Teaching the Wrong Thing

A student can fill in a place value chart perfectly, every digit in the right column, and still have no idea what those digits actually mean. Rather than asking whether students filled in the chart correctly, the better question is whether they understand what each digit represents. This episode walks through how a place value chart can quietly become a labeling tool instead of a reasoning tool, and what to do differently so students build understanding instead of just following a routi...