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5 Ideas to Add Comfort and Joy to Math Class

Middle Web

Middle grades math teacher Mona Iehl applies five of author Gholdy Muhammad’s strategies to unearth joy as her students experience the December classroom scramble. Mona suggests activities to help realize each strategy with your students. Try musical math and much more! The post 5 Ideas to Add Comfort and Joy to Math Class first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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How to Amplify Cell Phone Volume

Smore Science

Modern powerful audio speaker and sound waves on dark background, Credit: 123rf.com/liudmilachernetska. Materials needed. • Cardboard toilet roll • 2 paper or plastic cups • Pencil • Scissors • Craft knife. Procedure. • Take your phone and trace its short end along the side of the toilet roll. • Cut out the slot in the roll.

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Ways To Raise Confident Kids: 5 Easy Steps to Built Confident Children

STEM Education Guide

I always like to say there are guides, but no manuals when it comes to raising your children. There are things like parenting books, workshops, and advice (solicited or unsolicited) from loved ones. There aren’t hard and fast rules though, and even these guides can’t predict your child and what their needs are. With that being said, through a little bit of experience with my own kids, I’ve come to experiment with a few things that help.

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EdVestors: “It’s time to zero in on mathematics education”

Newton STEM

The president and CEO of EdVestors , a Boston-based school improvement organization, offered an op-ed in Commonwealth Magazine: It’s time to zero in on mathematics education.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Dec 19, Bodmas

Online Math for All

BODMAS Rule - Concept - Examples

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MassRobotics JumpStart seeks female STEM professionals to volunteer for mentoring and skills training for high-school students from underrepresented backgrounds

Newton STEM

The MassRobotics Girls High School Jumpstart Program is seeking female STEM professionals (including graduate students) to volunteer to offer mentoring, skills training, and career support for its third cohort of high-school students from underrepresented backgrounds. Apply here for either of two ways to volunteer: Volunteers with technical expertise in Solidworks, MathWorks, programming, fabrication and 3D printing needed for occasional Saturdays, in-person at MassRobotics.