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Mathematical games interesting to both you and a 5+-year-old child
mathoverflow: "Background: My daughter is 6 years old now, once I wanted to think on some math (about some Young diagrams), but she wanted to play ...
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Communicating Advanced Mathematics to Kids
By Jeremy Martin, Professor, University of Kansas I've often thought that we could do a lot better job of explaining "advanced" mathematics conc...
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5-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus
The Atlantic, "Why playing with algebraic and calculus concepts—rather than doing arithmetic drills—may be a better way to introduce children to math"
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Mathematically Correct Breakfast -- How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves
Mathematically Correct Breakfast How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves George W. Hart
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Hexagons! And other reasons to get excited about math | TED
One mathematician’s spirited answer to bored, frustrated and reluctant math students.
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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
ARISS lets students worldwide experience the excitement of talking directly with crew members of the International Space Station, inspiring them to...
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Students score lower in mathematics than in 2013; scores higher than in 1990
NAEP - 2015 Mathematics & Reading Assessments "In 2015, students had an average score in mathematics of 240 points at grade 4 and 282 points at ...
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How Reading Novels in Math Class Can Strengthen Student Engagement | MindShift
Integrating stories with math class in middle and high school can help students see the relevance and excitement of problem-solving...
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6 Ways to Help Students Understand Math | Edutopia
Help students better understand math by presenting multiple examples, encouraging collaboration on alternative solutions, and framing the class wit...
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The fantastic new ways to teach math that most schools aren’t even using
This is an exciting time to be a mathematics teacher-educator. In the past two decades, we have developed a much better understanding not only of h...
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Mathematical Circle for Preschoolers (pdf eBook)
Math from Three to Seven The Story of a Mathematical Circle for Preschoolers Alexander K. Zvonkin
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Bedtime problems boost kids’ math performance | Science | AAAS
Puzzling through a word problem even once a week produces sizable gains
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How to explain infinity to kids
A professor of mine once said to me that all teaching was a process of lying, and then of replacing the lies with successively better approximati...
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How to Teach Computational Thinking | WIRED
It’ll be a defining feature of the future—and children need to learn it now to ensure success later on.
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The Big List of Board Games that Inspire Mathematical Thinking
These board games incorporate math in unique and fun ways! Find math board games for early learners, elementary school, middle school and high scho...
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Essay: "A Mathematician’s Lament" (pdf) - by Paul Lockhart
Sadly, our present system of mathematics education is precisely this kind of nightmare. In fact, if I had to design a mechanism ...
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Opinion | Math Teachers Should Be More Like Football Coaches - The New York Times
That style of motivation could help in the classroom, too.
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