“But when will I use this irl?” = “But why should I actually care?” Distilled into one word, what they’re asking about is purpose. Students need to feel like the skills they are learning in your class serve a purpose. Immediately! For skills to serve a purpose to your students, those skills must be relevant [...]read moreAnswering the Age-Old Math Question, ‘When Will I Use This in Real Life?’
The model involves students working in small, randomly chosen groups; solving problems standing up at whiteboards; building on small bits of knowledge as they go; and consolidating their discoveries as a class after working through problems. As teachers of all subjects have struggled to get students engaged in the years after pandemic shutdowns, many in [...]read moreHow to Get Kids Thinking Instead of Mimicking in Math Class
The Berkeley researchers took advantage of the fact that ChatGPT, like humans, is erratic. They asked ChatGPT to answer the same math problem 10 times in a row. I was surprised that a machine might answer the same question differently, but that is what these large language models do. Often the step-by-step process and the [...]read moreResearchers Combat AI Hallucinations in Math
1. There’s a link between parent math talk and higher math skills After looking at 22 studies, researchers found that the more parents talked about math with their children, the stronger their children’s math skills. In these studies, researchers typically observed parents and children interacting in a university lab, a school, a museum or at [...]read moreParents Know They Should Read to Their Kids. Daily Math Talk Is Important, Too
New Technologies That Are Transforming Math Education With new technologies coming into play, learning math online has never been more exciting. According to a recent study, students who use digital tools to learn math online show an improvement in their test scores compared to traditional methods. For parents, this means more engaging and effective ways [...]read moreHow Math Education Is Transformed By Emerging Technologies
To embed exploration into high school math, Sun advocated for an approach that increases cognitive demand. Rote memorization and procedural tasks require low cognitive demand for students, she said during a recent conference session at Learning and The Brain: Teaching Engaged Brains. Approaches like making creative connections, and understanding why something works are explorative ways [...]read moreHigh School Math Can Be Playful, Too
The other problem is that teacher-made materials may sacrifice the thoughtful sequencing of topics planned by curriculum designers. When teachers create or take materials from various sources, it is hard to maintain a “coherent development” of ideas, Zahner explained. Curriculum designers may weave a review of previous concepts to reinforce them even as new ideas [...]read moreMany Math Teachers Cobble Together Their Own Instructional Materials, A Survey Finds
You ever play Mario Kart 8 and get absolutely dusted by your friends? Maybe, after losing all four races in a single cup, you take your build back to the garage, tinkering with the stats in an effort to create the fastest racer your friend group has ever seen. Well, science has now given us [...]read moreThis Is The Best Mario Kart 8 Build, According To Math
While there’s been ample research on tracking’s negative effects, studies of positive effects resulting from detracking are scant. A 2009 summary of 15 studies from 1972 to 2006 concluded that detracking improved academic outcomes for lower-ability students, but had no effect on average and high-ability students. Proposals to curtail tracking often draw fiery opposition, sometimes [...]read moreEliminating Advanced Math ‘Tracks’ Often Prompts Outrage. Some Districts Buck the Trend
Launched in 2020, and extensively updated for 2024, the Polestar 2 got its name by landing as the young company’s second model. It won’t be replaced by a second-generation 2. Instead, its successor will be Polestar’s seventh car, and it will be named — you guessed it — 7. Speaking to British magazine Autocar, company [...]read moreScandinavian math: Polestar will replace the 2 with a new car called 7