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Could Play Boost Students’ Math Performance?

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When he teaches a math class, Tom Fisher wants students to feel confused. Mostly an administrator these days, Fisher still teaches honors algebra at Breakwater, a pre-K-8th independent school in Portland, Maine. For Fisher, its important to mingle math and play. Its not the conventional way to teach the subject, Fisher says.

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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

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Math professor Martin Weissman is rethinking how his university teaches calculus. Called Math 11 A and B, these classes, which students take as freshmen and sophomores, constitute a “leaky pipeline,” Weissman says. There are math requirements for those majors. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

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Students Are Not Well, and It's Our Job to Save Them

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Wellness involves nurturing not only our physical health but also our emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, career, financial and creative dimensions. I remember him asking early in the school year, How can I be on a 10th grade math level by the end of the year? Rob was a gifted middle school basketball player.

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What is a Growth Mindset?

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They are good at math or they aren’t. The cerebral and physical traits they were born with are just the starting point. It’s easy to say, “Cassie just doesn’t get Algebra” but notice why. Kids are born with the characteristics that will mold their future. They can throw a football well or not.

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Growing Up, I Hated Science. Now, I Help My Students Discover the Magic in It.

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Two truths and one lie I often share with my class are: I am a physics teacher I hate science I love dogs The lie, unfortunately, is that I love dogs — they’re fine; I’m just not a pet person. In this case, I really am a physics teacher who, at one point , hated science; in fact, I spent the better part of the past decade trying to escape it.

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How Augmented Reality Helps Teachers Reach More Students

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For many students, Dawson recognizes that AR “levels the playing field” by allowing students experiences that they may not otherwise have an opportunity to explore—whether the result of socioeconomic situations or physical barriers. Dawson is just as excited about using AR in math and science classes.

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A Spoon Full of Computer Science

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Note that Bootstrap also has Bootstrap Physics ! and Bootstrap Algebra. We use math in other subjects. So both are using CS and programming to help students learn about a lot more than just computer science or the subject they are taking. Mike askes a lot of practical questions about fitting CS into grades k through 8.