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A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley
A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked…
Does MOVEMENT Help LEARNING?
In the exaggerated stereotype of an obsessively traditional classroom, students sit perfectly silent and perfectly…
“If I Want My Students to Learn Math, Should I...
We all agree, I suspect, that students should learn math. And reading. They should learn…
Concrete + Abstract = Math Learning
Should math instruction focus on concrete examples (frog puppets and oranges) or abstract representations (numbers and equations)? This research suggests: a careful balance of both. Continue reading
When Parents Teach Reading, Do They Also Promote Math Skills?
New research from England gives parents insight into the relationship between learning to read and learning to count. Continue reading
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You’d like to understand probability and statistics more richly? Perhaps you’d like to visualize some…
Research Morsel: Gender Differences in Math (Again)
The journal Intelligence recently published an interesting study [1] analyzing gender differences in cognitive abilities in…