Outdoor Math for Young Kids
Mathematics is more than just a subject. It is all around and within us. Mathematics helps us understand the world around us and interpret facts about ourselves as in the image above. Despite all this, […]
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7 Professions Which Use Math Everyday
Perhaps the following scenario rings a bell: you have just spent the past 25 minutes going over with your class the finer points of the distributive property, and you ask the class if there are […]
Reviewing Math Skills with “Math Race”
Download this game here and file it away for later FREE Before a major test, it’s important for students to review the concepts they’ve been working on for weeks. The work they’ve put into classwork, […]
How Homework Should Really Look (If we can’t get rid of it let’s change it!)
When I had the 5 dice game to the point of beta testing, my first app that I created. To see how user friendly my new app was, I had to find a somewhat technologically illiterate guinea pig so I asked my father to play the game.
Once he got the hang of how to play the game, I decided to connect another device using Bluetooth/Wifi and performed some one on one testing by having my 8 year old play the game against my dad.
Mathematics Autobiographies
Mathematics Autobiographies Combining literacy and math is important for all ages. A good mathematician needs to be able to read well to solve word problems and to know how to find the clues in words. […]
Mental Math Teaching Tips
Mental Math Teaching Tips In daily life, we use mental math for 75% of calculations we perform. Here are some tips for encouraging mental math in your classroom: 1. Practice on a daily basis […]
How Students Can Remember Diameter and Radius
How Students can Remember Diameter and Radius Students have a hard time remembering which line is the diameter in a circle, and which is the radius. Show them this memory trick: when written alongside each […]
Math Games as Assessment
Educational assessments are typically performed in pencil and paper format or by means of computer-based testing programs. However, as more schools are introducing use of electronic tablets, such as iPads or android devices, to their […]
Strategies for Teaching Math to Students with Disabilities
Strategies for Teaching Math to Students with Disabilities Guest Article By Karin Gambaro Teaching math to students with learning disabilities presents a certain challenge to teachers and parents alike. Students who have learning deficits may […]
How to Introducing a New Math App While Still Teaching a Concept
I’m going to use my first math app that I developed, 5 Dice: Order of Operations Game (which is free), as an example but I think any app could be introduced in this way. Education is constantly evolving. […]