The Surprising Benefits of Using Math Games in the Classroom
As a teacher, I am always looking for new and engaging ways to teach math to my students. When I first started incorporating math games into my lesson plans, I was amazed at the impact […]
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Gamifying Assessment: Using Math Games to Evaluate Students’ Skills
As teachers, it is important to not only evaluate students’ factual knowledge of math concepts, but also their reasoning and problem-solving skills, the processes they use to solve problems, and their ability to work with […]
Seeing Math Everywhere
Guest Post by George Schalter Kids like pizza. Whenever a pizza is being shared, parents offer kids a slice of the pizza. Instead, if it were a four slice pizza and we offered them a […]
Math Games in a Bag
The Best Way to Help Your Child Master Math Concepts at Home A growing number of children no longer memorize their addition facts or multiplication tables. With the math curriculum as broad as it is, […]
Online Math Games VS Printable Math Games
Online math games can play a useful role in helping kids learn, but they aren’t the only game in town and they shouldn’t be used to the exclusion of older methods, such as card games, […]
Would you try this with your students?
I asked over on my Facebook page (Here, Here & again Here) if anyone would try this method with their students, and the responses were very interesting. I’ve included some of the comments below. I […]
Madeline Hunter’s 8-Step Lesson Plan Format
Madeline Hunter’s 8-Step Lesson Plan Format Over the past twenty years, teachers have been following the teachings of Dr. Madeline Hunter based on her belief that in order to be effective a teacher must plan […]
Memorizers are the lowest achievers in Math Class
I asked on my Facebook page what people thought of this article “Memorizers are the lowest achievers and other Common Core math surprises”. Here are some of the comments so far: Deborah Shalibo Skroch Certain […]
Learn Maths With Legos
Download the PDF of this article to file away for later (click here) One of the hardest things to do in homeschooling is to get the children to focus on the mathematics lessons. Math can […]
Top TED Ed Lessons for Math Teachers
Top TED Ed Lessons for Math Teachers You can watch ALL the TED Ed Math Videos here 1- Can you solve “Einstein’s Riddle”? – Dan Van der Vieren Before he turned physics upside down, a young Albert […]