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The ‘science of reading’ swept reforms into classrooms nationwide. What about math?

The Hechinger Report

For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. I could see how the game related to multiplication, but the kids weren’t making those connections,” said Stark, a math teacher in the suburbs of Kansas City.

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15 Fun Math Games for Kids

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Fun math games for kids is the topic of our blog post today! I’ll admit, there was a time when the mere mention of the word ‘math’ would make me break out in a cold sweat. Despite being an EFL teacher for many years, not a mathematician, I have come to understand the transformative magic that math holds.

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Look what’s new at Zapzapmath

Ask a Tech Teacher

You’ve probably read my reviews of Zapzapmath and Zap Zap Kindergarten Math, as well as the constant updates they make to their free (and freemium) app. This gamified math ecosystem is popular with students because it’s fun and teachers because it ties into many national and international standards (like Common Core).

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Halloween Displays: A Perfect STREAM (Science, Technology, wRiting, Engineering, Art, Math) Lesson

User Generated Education

As mentioned in the title, I believe this to be a perfect STREAM (Science, Technology, wRiting, Engineering, Art, Math) lesson. There is a game-like atmosphere. Math Related Activities and Standards. Math Standard : CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.7 Math Standard : CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.7 Background Information.

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Inclusive R&D Centers Educator Voice. It’s Already Changing the Face of Math Instruction.

Edsurge

We have embraced and extended this model to focus on a key priority for every student, every teacher, every school and every community: improving math learning. As part of a program called EF+Math, we are designing and developing practices and tools that strengthen core assets every student has—their executive function (EF) skills.

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STAAR’s Redesign and New Math Item Types

MIND Research Institute

And How ST Math will Prepare Your Students for Success As we’ve made it halfway through the 2022-23 school year, the STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) test has been redesigned to align more closely with the classroom experience.

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The pandemic is over–but American schools still aren’t the same

eSchool News

But inside Nikhil Bhatia’s classroom, the evidence was on the whiteboard, where the math teacher was shading in slices of a pie to illustrate how to find a common denominator. That day, his seventh graders were working to add and subtract fractions — a skill students usually learn in fourth grade. Snap if that sounds familiar?”

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