CPM benefits from a group setting where a couple (or more) of students can strive together, but even without a group setting there are lots of treasures. One t

CPM benefits from a group setting where a couple (or more) of students can strive together, but even without a group setting there are lots of treasures. One teacher colleague who fostered lots of kids became convinced of the CPM model after working with algebra tiles with one of her fostered/adopted daughters who really, really struggled with symbolic and abstract representations. The tiles made the abstract real for the kid and allowed them to complete high school math.