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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

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It was her own struggles as a math student, which overlapped with her parents’ difficult divorce, that motivated Noriega to strive to cultivate a classroom where her students feel both loved and capable of doing math. That's why I'm also their cheerleader.”

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The Importance of Math Manipulatives: A Math Playground

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Math manipulatives are used in many early years math programs as a way to help young children visualize the mathematical concepts they are learning. Math manipulatives are often relegated to only being used for students with Dyscalculia or other learning difficulties. Gros et al.,

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Its 2019. So Why Do 21st-Century Skills Still Matter?

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When a student is a contributor,” he adds, “it turbo-charges their ability to employ the other competencies and their content knowledge.” The Human Factor The unifying theme of these various frameworks seems to be the human factor.

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