A lot of struggling math students have found comfort in the mathematical stylings of Salman Khan. A few years back, Khan started creating videos to help tutor his cousin in math. Those videos became ...
Susan Hobart asked this week’s “question-of-the-week": What strategies help math facts stick besides the old “drill the skill” and, if someone is not proficient at addition facts, can learning ...
It is no secret that many students are not passionate about math. Students feel disconnected from what is taught in class, unsure of the benefits of math and reluctant to pursue careers in the field.
Given the degree to which AP and NWP teachers are embracing and using digital tools, it is not surprising that they are making these tools a key part of their teaching practices. In addition to ...
Math teacher Samantha McGlennen wandered around her Summit Middle School classroom, unfazed by the students’ chatter and laughter during a recent lesson about exponential growth. Their behavior – ...
After 15 years of inquiry into children’s understanding and learning of whole numbers, I can sum up what I have learned very simply. To teach math, you need to know three things. You need to know ...
LOS ANGELES — To anyone who last set foot in a math classroom a decade or more ago, a visit to Marilyn Mayer’s eighth-grade algebra course would reveal little that is familiar. Desks are arranged so ...
Jessica Bernards believes anyone can thrive in math class. That’s the mentality that she projects to her Portland Community College students, and it’s the one that helped her win the 2021 national ...
Math will look and feel a lot different in San Francisco schools this year and that seems evident by the picture of the chilled-out chimpanzee on the cover of the new kindergarten textbook, with ...