math education

The 18th Century view on Africans and Maths... Thomas Jefferson The 21st Century view on Africans and Maths... (e.g. A much more elaborate way of saying the thing that Jefferson said in the 18th Century...) From the 1st 'stride' of 'A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction...

I'm teaching a high school-level statistics course. There is no class set of textbooks but I have a teachers edition I'm loosely using as a curriculum guide. I was browsing through "measures of dispersal" and found this sentence: I asked students if they could spot a logical flaw in the...

I'm working as a long-term substitute for 3 math classes. Yesterday I gave students a very basic graphing problem. A cheese pizza costs $5; each topping is $1. I was looking for a y intercept of 5. Some kids started their y axis at 5, though. As long as it's labeled, I see this as misleading...

Having seen people who say they are hopeless at math I want to dig deeper and find out when their fear was triggered and what might be done about it. I'm interested if anyone has had to deal with their own issue, or has had a child or loved one who is struggling. One girl told me "I was good at...

I'm working with high school students, who are not currently enrolled in a math class, as they work through lessons on math-teaching software. There is a round of "benchmark testing" coming up and the principal wants to see the numbers go up. Originally this was conceived of as a relatively...

The evidence* seems to indicate that they are better (on average of course; some girls are very good and some boys not so good). The question is, is it just natural or is it because girls are "discouraged" by society or something like that? Natural aptitude seems like the simplest explanation to...

The last two weeks have been a total nightmare and I've gone through three Math teachers who are supposed to be teaching a MATH STRATEGY class who simply refuse to teach strategy and keep trying to teach MATH. As I've mentioned before, I teach test prep, and now we have a new test where my...

I ask this question because I have been teaching physics for decades, and I have yet to find a suitable "theory" for my discipline. I teach in the traditional way: lecture, homework, and exams consisting of show-your-work problems. I have heard people from other disciplines talk about things...

Now I'm looking for the best textbook or other system for giving high school students the strongest possible foundation in arithmetic. I may be coaching kids to pass a specific test. It's not a perfect test, but it's fairly clear in its categories, and for the moment kids need to learn it to...

Brainetics Has anyone tried this method of teaching math? I saw this on an infomercial (I know, red flag already) and it claims to teach shortcuts so you can multiply and divide large numbers in your head. I’m guessing it’s not as effective as it claims, but does it have any merit at all? A...

With all the rage about SudoKu, I think it is relevant to discuss it's usefulness as an education tool. Is SudoKu puzzle a good educational tool? Is it overrated? What can we teach using Sudoku? Can we teach Critical thinking or logical thinking using Sudoku? How will doing a Sudoku puzzle...