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Teachers have to get creative to get students excited about math and make up for lost time, after a year of distance learning.
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,” ...
Weymouth High School senior Justin Delano said he has always loved math while growing up, but it troubles him to see classmates and primary school students who struggle with their assignments.
They may even grasp math relationships faster than reading and writing. As famed Swiss Educator Jean Piaget put it after introducing complex topological math to six-year-olds: “They knew it anyway.
Denver metro area kids who love basketball are learning how much math is involved in their favorite sport. They're realizing this through a board game called NBA Math Hoops.
Across the state, a growing number of elementary schools are hosting math nights and festivals for students and families to show that math is fun and can be practiced every day -- and not only in the ...
In an innovative effort to turn screen time into learning time, ECISD has partnered with Phillips 66 and the online platform St. Math to help students excel in math.
Professor Robert Ghrist, a member of the Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) program, wants to make higher-level mathematics more accessible to the masses by developing new methods to make math more ...
Math-y people are more likely to be specialist math teachers at higher levels. So, if elementary school teachers remember math as important, but not fun, they're likely to teach it as important ...