Robust skill-building and reinforcement of key mathematical concepts lie beneath the excitement of these games.
Back to School Without the Math Meltdowns It’s that time of year again- sharpened pencils, fresh notebooks, and… tears over ...
Back in 2008, I read a story about a teacher who used NASCAR to make learning math less painful for his students. Tom Baughman, then teaching the fourth grade, called it “NASCAR Math,” and takes the ...
After a year of distance learning, the range of skill levels in math class is very wide, with some students still learning concepts from several grades behind. That means teachers have to get creative ...
Professor Robert Ghrist wrote a 45-page book with various cartoon images as a way to teach higher-level mathematics. Credit: Guyrandy Jean-GIlles, Guyrandy Jean-GIlles “Funny Little Calculus Text” ...
EdSource · School leaders grapple with Supreme Court decision on religious rights A dozen parents gathered around veteran math educator Leanna Baker, moments before students show up for what is billed ...
Numbers and algorithms aren’t just useful to mathematician Eugenia Cheng -- they’re exhilarating. That’s why she’s on a mission to help transform math’s notoriously boring reputation in education into ...
At the University of Illinois last week, a big man in a rumpled brown suit strode up to a blackboard and wrote: ‘ times zero equals zero.” Then he asked ten junior-high-school students to make the ...