One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, ...

Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 31, No. 1/2, Socio-Cultural Approaches to Mathematics Teaching and Learning (Sep., 1996), pp. 175-200 (26 pages) A variety of researchers in the last fifteen ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page ...

Earlier this month, Barbara Oakley, engineering professor at Oakland University and author of “Learning How to Learn" published an opinion piece called "Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She'll Thank ...

What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...

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What’s the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...

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