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Math is all around us in everyday life. Yet many adults, especially those helping children with homework, know how quickly our math skills can fade without practice.

Advances in neuroscience and cognitive psychology are reshaping what we know about how students learn, renewing emphasis on proven practices while introducing powerful new approaches. Join Marilyn Zecher for a presentation that explores how mathematics instruction can evolve in light of this research to strengthen student achievement and confidence across grade levels.

Participants will explore strategies that build fluency through intentional scaffolding, deepen conceptual understanding through explicit instruction and engaging tools, and integrate time-tested methods now validated by contemporary research. 

Designed for K–12 educators and parents alike, this interactive session offers practical, research-aligned strategies you can apply. Attendees will leave with fresh insights and a renewed understanding of how students learn math most effectively.

About Marilyn Zecher

A nationally certified Academic Language Therapist and former public-school classroom and demonstration teacher, Marilyn Zecher is a specialist in applying multisensory strategies to a variety of content areas. Her graduate-level Multisensory Math courses have been used as methods courses at the university level, and she is a frequent speaker at national, international, and local conferences.

Marilyn specializes in evidence-based methods and interventions for all students, which are especially effective with students who have learning challenges. She is well known for her work in the fields of mathematics, literacy strategies for older learners, and study skills. Her presentations and professional development workshops and classes for teachers incorporate general multisensory instructional strategies, Orton-Gillingham strategies, the principles of UDL, and recommendations from the NCTM, the What Works Clearinghouse, and the Common Core State Standards, as well as local state standards.