Course 1: The Ravel, like all Math Minds courses, aims to provide a coherent, theory-rich, evidence-based approach to teaching mathematics. Course 1, specifically, points teachers to the networked and interconnected nature of mathematics and how that structure tell us something about how it should be taught. We also look at cognitive theory, to offer an approach based on many mini-lessons. These minilessons reduce student overwhelm and increase the teacher’s capacity to assess learning frequentl