OPB

For Class of 2025 students, math more often means better grades, better understanding

OPB has been following a group of students in the Class of 2025, after the state of Oregon set a goal that every student starting with that class, should successfully complete high school. The group ...
Education Week

Students See Value in Math Class. But Many Also Find It Boring

Almost three-quarters of high school students think that they can be good at math if they work hard, but fewer say they follow through with that effort when the work gets challenging, according to a ...
unr.edu

What does it take to do well in math class?

Confidence in your ability to learn is the key to success in math class! Some students who experience difficulty or struggle learning in math class give up because they think that they are not capable ...
Edutopia

4 Ways to Bring Logic Puzzles Into Your Math Class

Take the pressure off of problem-solving with engaging thinking games that encourage students to work together to find ...
Colorado Public Radio

The pandemic put math skills in a slump. Here’s how one high school teacher is keeping his students moving forward

Tewodrose Nega is trying to find the length of a triangle’s side. “So, I’m guessing we put x over 22 and then we put one-fifth over the other side,” he said, hovering over a piece of paper, madly ...
The Hechinger Report

How one district has diversified its advanced math classes — without the controversy

Sixth graders Zoe and Amoni, right, work together during Kelly Woodfin’s advanced math class in Union Public Schools. The Tulsa-area school district for about a decade has tried to increase enrollment ...
Edutopia

Student-Created Math Word Problems Help Motivate Deep Learning

These student-constructed problems foster collaboration, communication, and a sense of ownership over learning.
The Hechinger Report

Math ends the education careers of thousands of community college students. A few schools are trying something new

Keith Perkins, foreground, works through an algorithm for calculating ladder rung spacing in Linn-Benton Community College’s math for welders class. Credit: Jan Sonnenmair for The Hechinger Report The ...
Inside Higher Ed

All in a Day’s Work: Making Math Relevant and Engaging

Milena Cuéllar has been a professor of mathematics, engineering and computer science at LaGuardia Community College, part of the City University of New York, since 2012, teaching college statistics ...
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Group work and discussion help to build student confidence using math in science lessons, study shows

Group work and giving students time to discuss their work helps to build their confidence in using math in science lessons, a new study shows. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...
OPB

Math ends the education journeys of thousands of community college students. An Oregon college is among those trying something new

Linn-Benton Community College is finding ways to teach math in more applied ways, so that students can pick up those skills and get into the workplace. It’s 7:15 on a cold gray Monday morning in May ...