Not exact matches
I don't agree with the
math or the interpretation, but what really got me is the egregiously inaccurate way these findings were spun in the news piece put out by Temple University's communications department and subsequently parroted in web and news
stories around the world.
Many
math games are really just playsheets where the content is the same as what would be found on a worksheet, but fun graphics and a
story take place
around the
math problem.
It helps us wrap our heads
around the
stories behind the
math that make up the need for scientific discovery.
Or, what about a creative production
around the
story of Alan Turing, covering
maths, history and yes complex problem solving and critical thinking.
• Then there's the
story of Mary Durand's seventh and eighth grade
math classes who obtained a Safe Routes to School planning grant, gained accolades from the Kansas Department of Transportation for their work, and helped spur improvements in road conditions
around their school.
While your students are making
math stories, walk
around, making sure that their
stories are multiplication problems.
There are educational apps that lend a hand in teaching
math and history skills, apps for staying in touch with parents, and apps that just read you a
story when no one else is
around.