After a year of distance learning, the range of skill levels in math class is very wide, with some students still learning concepts from several grades behind. That means teachers have to get creative ...
Math Playground came out in 2002, and has since provided kids of all ages an excellent way to learn new math concepts using fun games. However, some parents may not want their kids to look at a ...
A classic riddle about a hotel bill uses misleading math to create a paradox. This type of intentional misdirection is a ...
I’m sharing the engaging projects I’ll use as we return from winter break! This video covers my favorite January activities ...
Coolmath is one of the oldest kids’ gaming sites out there today. Having first launched in ’97, this site has endured through countless internet phases and technological shifts—and it’s still ...
It’s the rare child who’ll choose an afternoon of math homework over a family vacation. That’s partly because of the negative way that we talk about and teach math, says Chris Emdin, a professor of ...
The problem with social media in-jokes is they don’t stay funny for long. Someone takes them too seriously, then they become overblown commentaries on society as a whole, and then a media outlet goes ...
At the University of Illinois last week, a big man in a rumpled brown suit strode up to a blackboard and wrote: ‘ times zero equals zero.” Then he asked ten junior-high-school students to make the ...
Dorchester School District 2 held its annual Math Is Cool Competition Saturday, April 19, 2008 at Summerville High School. A team of five students in fourth and fifth grades represented each ...
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. — Tecler Elementary School in the Greater Amsterdam School District recently had Math and Reading Night. The district said the school was buzzing with excitement as students and ...