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ED Surge
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The answer, as in many situations, lies in math. Imagine IM’s Inspire Math video Climbing Mount Everest links the drama of mountaineering to middle school work on percentages. It’s an instructional approach where students learn by actively engaging in real-world, meaningful problems. And that's how people learn math.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 28, 2022
Early simulations like Reader Rabbit are still used in classrooms to drill reading and math skills. They solve problems or cease to exist. If the teacher wants to use games to learn history, Minecraft won’t throw students into a fully fleshed simulation of the American Revolution. Problem Solving.
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Accelerate Learning
MARCH 9, 2022
Problem-solving is the most important skill that students learn in the classroom. It is the meat and potatoes of mathematics, whether the problems perplex the Stephen Hawkings of the world or first graders learning basic arithmetic.
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Subjects like math and science — the ones only “smart” kids do well in — demand that you find patterns, unravel clues, connect one dot to another, and scaffold knowledge learned in prior lessons. So why the disconnect among teachers and parents when applying gameplay to learning? ” — Voltaire.
ED Surge
DECEMBER 22, 2023
In an analysis of the loss of lifetime income from missed learning based on the PISA results, which Henderson pointed to when asked about her enthusiasm, Utah saw less of a hit than every other state. But that hid a reality: that math capabilities have fallen since the last time the PISA test was administered. Battling Uphill The U.S.
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JUNE 23, 2022
An article over at The Tech Edvocate caught my eye on early math. Math is a fundamental process in learning, not just adding and subtracting but to develops skill in problem solving and critical thinking. Here’s The Tech Edvocate’s article: Teaching Early Geometry Concepts. Teaching Math.
ED Surge
JANUARY 24, 2024
Sabrina Colon, a first-year student at University of California, Merced, remembers when math first became a problem. She says she’s not a math person, but she was able to pass her high school math classes without too much trouble, earning Cs. The teachers just expect her to understand the math right away, she says.
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