Marianna Ricketson
Information and resources for parents and guardians that explain current mathematics instruction and provide suggestions for supporting their child's academic success.
People labeled "smart" at a young age don't deal well with being wrong. Life grows stagnant. "Mistakes grow your brain," as the professor of mathematics education at Stanford University Jo Boaler put it on Monday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, which is co-hosted by The Atlantic.
People labeled "smart" at a young age don't deal well with being wrong. Life grows stagnant. "Mistakes grow your brain," as the professor of mathematics education at Stanford University Jo Boaler put it on Monday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, which is co-hosted by The Atlantic.
Dan Meyer's Three-Act Math Tasks
The HCPSS Family Mathematics Support Center helps families: 1) Gain a better understanding of their child's mathematics program 2) Refresh or build understanding of new (or unfamiliar) math concepts, skills, and practices 3) Provide additional suppo
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Some thoughts about recent calls for a return to basics in mathematics classrooms.
A selection of videos from Jo's student online course.
When You Believe In Yourself Your Brain Operates Differently
This problem requires children to think about factors and multiples and, in particular, common factors, but it is not necessary for them to have met this term prior to having a go at the task. It offers opportunities for pupils to ask their own questions, find examples, make conjectures and begin to generalise.
JO BOALER MEGAN STAPLES Background/Context: Focus of Study Participants: Research Design: Findings/Results: One of the findings of the study was the success of Railside school, where the mathematics department taught heterogeneous classes using a reform-oriented approach. Compared with the other two schools in the study, Railside students learned more, enjoyed mathematics more and progressed to higher mathematics levels.
Dan Meyer teaches high school math outside of Santa Cruz, CA, and explores the intersection of math instruction, multimedia, and inquiry-based learning. He received his Masters of Arts from the University of California at Davis in 2005 and Cable in the Classroom's Leader in Learning award in 2008.
Math teacher Dan Meyer explains how presenting real-life scenarios through photos and videos makes math problems "irresistible" to students.
DragonBox is an award-winning series of fun and educational math games designed to make difficult math easy by bringing it to life.
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By Jo Boaler Professor of Mathematics Education, co-founder youcubed with the help of Cathy Williams, co-founder youcubed, & Amanda Confer Stanford University. Updated January 28th, 2015 A few years ago a British politician, Stephen Byers, made a harmless error in an interview.
Well, there you have it. Right there in black and white...my reaction to seeing my 4th grade son's math homework, and not having a clue how to help him. It was long division for crying out loud. It's supposed to be easy, right? The worksheet he brought home baffled me.
Math rigor provides K-12 teachers with quality math activities, lessons, and projects which increase students' conceptual understanding, fluency, and ability to use mathematics in engaging real-world applications. Lessons and rubrics are aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Content and Practices.
There is a really damaging myth that pervades the US/UK and other countries - the idea that some people are born with a "math brain" and some are not. This has been resoundingly disproved by research but many students and parents believe this. It is really important to communicate "growth mindset" messages to students.
Homework has become as much work for parents as it is for kids in many families when parents slog through assignments together with their kids every night. They see it as part of their parental duty to help their children.
