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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 242 min read
Teaching number sense: 3 + 4 is not 34
Children need to learn basic math facts at an early age to develop number sense.
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 20, 20242 min read
It's great if kids like math, but can they do math?
K-8 students will "manipulate shapes, animals and algebraic formulas to build foundational understanding of math" on a new math platform...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 9, 20242 min read
'Mad minutes' don't cause math anxiety -- and kids learn more
New research shows timed math tests don't worsen math anxiety.
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Joanne Jacobs
May 31, 20232 min read
Don't make math harder than it needs to be
Struggle is supposed to be good for math students, writes Greg Ashman on Filling the Pail. Telling them how to solve problems is supposed...
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