Working with moveable pictures can help children learn an algebra rule: Whatever you do to one side of the equation, you need to do to the other. Here’s how teachers or caregivers can lead this.
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Tangram is accessible yet challenging, and an excellent educational tool. It’s still used in schools today to help illustrate mathematical concepts and develop mathematical thinking skills.
I’m a mathematician whose hobby is origami. It has inspired mathematicians to solve problems once thought impossible, and create folding telescope lenses, airbags and solar panels.
Why haven’t people gotten upset about how our social distancing signs are fostering innumeracy?
Early exposure to everyday math at home predicts children’s school mathematics outcomes.
Math is not primarily about numbers, but about thinking. It all begins with parent-child conversations about mathematical ideas.
Technology in the math classroom should enhance and extend, rather than replace, how to think mathematically.
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