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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

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Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? According to the study, learners who only received teacher training and did not engage with the online learning tools had poorer achievement scores. Teachers enjoy a boost in student engagement The use of interactive technology helps make lessons fascinating.

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

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I refer to those epiphanies, when the metaphorical light bulb above a student’s head switches on, as “luminations.” Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance.

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Interactive Digital Whiteboards are Great Tools to Enhance Your Teaching

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A digital whiteboard is an online tool that allows users to write, upload images, and share information with one or more people remotely, giving access via email. Most of them come with an intuitive interface that keeps everything well-organized, simple, and accessible.

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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

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Over the summer, the professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz, spent a week at Harvard to learn how to redesign the mathematics for life sciences courses his institution offers. Called Math 11 A and B, these classes, which students take as freshmen and sophomores, constitute a “leaky pipeline,” Weissman says.

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Fun Math Games to Help Students Practice Math Concepts and Skills

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We all know that games and fun learning activities are more conducive to meaningful learning experiences and a higher level of students engagement and participation. In this post, I share with you a wide variety of resources where you can search for and find fun math games to use with your students in and out of class.

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8 Benefits of Summer STEM Programs & Camps

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The summer months provide students with the flexibility and freedom to lean into areas that interest them that were either briefly covered during the classroom curriculum or not at all. Summer camps and programs can show students STEM jobs they can one day fill if they continue to improve their STEM literacy.

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Integrate OUR Curricula into Your Kiddom Digital Platform

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I’m a big believer in online web-based curricula that can be accessed from any browser, any digital device, any location. OUR’s Math curriculum for grades 6-8 is a problem based curriculum authored by Illustrative Mathematics. To me, the growing popularity of web-based curricula is no surprise.