Nearly 100 readers commented on my attack on “reform” math in the Sunday Times Opinion section of April 22. More than 93 percent — not a level I’m used to — supported my position, which was that the ...
Educational Technology Research and Development, Vol. 66, No. 5 (October 2018), pp. 1119-1139 (21 pages) The ubiquity of mobile devices together with its potential to bridge classroom learning to real ...
Think math is just about numbers and equations? Think again. Research analyzed 49 studies with 37,654 participants and ...
Materials were written for an entire year's course in geometry in which transformations were used to develop the concepts of congruence, similarity, and symmetry, as well as being a vehicle for proof.
For anyone who has ever fled in the face of calculating the tip, it’s no surprise that math can be stressful. But what may come as a surprise is that math-caused anxiety isn’t always something we’re ...
Students from families with little interest in math benefit more from a school intervention program that aims at increasing math motivation than do students whose parents regard math as important. A ...
A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...
Middle school Teach For America teachers in Texas seem to be holding their own in the classroom, outperforming other novice teachers in math, according to a recently released study from the San ...
Whether it's an exploding fireball in "Star Wars: Episode 3," a swirling maelstrom in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," or beguiling rats turning out gourmet food in "Ratatouille," ...
Peter Taylor receives funding from: The Mathematics Knowledge Network; The Fields Institute;The Canadian Mathematical Society; The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Queen's ...