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Many students decide they’re not a ‘math person’ by the end of elementary school, new study shows

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Roughly half of middle and high schoolers report losing interest in math class at least half the time, and 1 in 10 lack interest nearly all the time during class, a new study shows. Feeling bored in math class from time to time is not an unusual experience, and feeling “math anxiety” is common.

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Can AI help reduce math anxiety?

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Key points: AI’s instant feedback may help students from feeling lost during instruction Most teachers agree AI is a time-saver With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI and instruction, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub This press release originally appeared online.

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The math anxiety equation: How to solve for confidence in math class

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Key points: Creating a culture where all students see themselves as capable math thinkers starts with leaders Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world For more news on teachers PD, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests.

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5 online resources to beat the summer slide

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NWEA research notes that students can lose up to two months of math skills over the summer, and reading abilities can also decline, particularly for students from underserved communities. Khan Academy : Khan Academy’s free online platform offers comprehensive lessons in math, science, history, and more.

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Showfloor News: PBLWorks creates PBLWorks TEACH to help scale project based learning

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The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks ), a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), is launching PBLWorks TEACH , a web-based application with ready-to-use, standards-aligned, Gold-Standard PBL projects for middle school math, science, English Language Arts, and social studies.

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How to integrate environmental concepts into every subject

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The activity I built required students to quietly journal outside, using prompts driven by ELA, art, and social studies standards. One of my favorite examples of interdisciplinary environmental literacy happened when I was in a 1st-grade classroom. This project encompassed science, data collection, SEL, ELA, social studies, and math.

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Hundreds of STEM Grants Have Been Terminated. K-12 Math Educators Will Lose Out

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At the Human Computing Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, McLaren develops digital learning games to study how effective they are in the classroom and beyond. Its a middle-grade math game in which aliens come to Earth to learn about decimal fractions. One such game is called Decimal Point.

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