Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Its a middle-grade math game in which aliens come to Earth to learn about decimal fractions. McLaren was preparing to replicate the study in schools in the fall with a different math game. The ultimate objective was to come up with this blueprint for games that would help girls who have math anxiety and difficulty in math, he said.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

There are a number of ways to make math more collaborative and fun, including shifting the emphasis from procedures to discourse, embracing game-based learning, and using data to continually adapt tools to students’ needs. Teachers can start by doing one or two math discourse tasks a week.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Here are the passionate and clear responses educators provided when I asked, “What does your ideal math curriculum look like?” Problem-solving is a critical part of the learning process, but too often, math curriculum asks students to learn procedures first and then problem-solve–making them separate processes.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

As with reading disabilities, early identification can lead to timely and effective support, reducing students’ long-term struggles with math and boosting educational outcomes. million students–about the population of Kansas–with some degree of math learning disability. What is dyscalculia?

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 24, 2021

Teachers may find the template below a useful resource as they plan their station rotation lessons, especially if they teach online or in a concurrent classroom where the teacher-led stations are likely happening via video conferencing. Math: Station Rotation Ideas. Science curriculum, like math, can be very linear.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Key points: Inquiry-based learning helps students connect math to real-world relevancy See article: How schools can respond to ChatGPT with inquiry-based learning See article: I’m a first-year teacher. It is how most of the educators teaching math today remember learning math themselves.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2024

Although all members of the team worked hard to maintain continuity of learning during the pandemic, COVID has left our students’ reading and math skills in a state of emergency. Eureka Math is also an important component in our efforts to boost student success in math. Alongside Eureka Math, we use i-Ready.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 13, 2024

Second, teaching students how to engage with media in a meaningful way can free teachers from the front of the room. The reciprocal teaching strategy is one of my favorite ways to drive student engagement around media and provide peer support as they engage with information! Here’s How Reciprocal Teaching with Multimedia Works!

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2024

The problem for many struggling math students is that often those “universal” numbers and symbols hide in surrounding contexts of unfamiliar vocabulary, settings, and narratives. In the process, math can actually become a universal thread to connect many types of content and learners. Math is joyful! Math is joyful!

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2025

While calculators are traditionally used in math classrooms, their application can extend to so much more, which ups the value in the investment and helps broaden students application of the technology. Teachers can access free lessons covering financial literacy utilizing graphing calculators.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Key points: Technology works in service of teaching, not the other way around Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators Leveraging edtech to help students, teachers stay connected through illness For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Artificial intelligence brings opportunities and questions to classrooms worldwide.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2024

But reality teaches us otherwise. Just as we don’t become fluent in art, language, or sports through repetitive drills over a few weeks, mastering math requires a different approach. Research shows that spaced learning, or teaching students by distributing smaller groups of lessons on a given topic over time, is more effective.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

While 89 percent of teachers reported in a recent survey that they believe generative AI will have an impact on teaching, recent reporting in the Wall Street Journal and The74 have rightly identified some of AI’s limitations in education, questioning the technology’s ability to serve as, for example, an effective tutor.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

An interdisciplinary approach also means that students arent just experiencing this type of learning (and its associated gains) once a week in a science elective: they’re seeing daily connections and inherently feeling a larger personal connection with the environment, even in subjects like math and social studies.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

launch of MathVizy , a groundbreaking AI transforming how math is taught and learned. MathVizy is the first math-specific AI to combine step-by-step problem-solving with interactive visualizations, making math education accessible, engaging, and intuitive for students, teachers, and parents nationwide.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2024

. — MIND Education , an organization dedicated to ensuring that all students are mathematically equipped to solve the world’s most challenging problems, today released the results of its annual ST Math Teacher Survey, conducted by MIND Research Institute, its social impact organization specializing in education and neuroscience research.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Lets be honest, math doesnt have the best reputation. According to this survey , 42% of Americans disliked math classes during their K-12 education. For many, math feels like swimming upstream. As a teacher, that makes engaging students in math a real challenge. Keeping math relevant and interactive is key.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

Math is a fundamental part of K-12 education, but students often face significant challenges in mastering increasingly challenging math concepts. Many students suffer from math anxiety, which can lead to a lack of confidence and motivation.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2025

At the same time, the reliance on technology brought challenges, including limited access to high-speed home internet, lack of adequate devices for students in low-income households, and difficulties in adapting teaching methods for an online environment.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Danielle Robinson desperately wants to help math teachers, but its a tough job. So I feel like I have to apologize: Sorry, Im talking to you about math. Robinsons job is really about helping educators to sort through what she calls math trauma, an aversion caused by their own bad experiences in the subject. Math As Humanities?

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

This shift has led to the growing adoption of co-teaching models, where general and special education teachers collaborate to meet the diverse needs of their students. First, let’s explore the benefits of using the station rotation model to enhance co-teaching and create more inclusive classrooms.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Im in my fifth year teaching science to fifth and sixth graders, but, like every other teacher at the K-8 charter school where I work, I also teach reading. The message was clear: We needed to start teaching older students how to sound out and read unfamiliar words. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. newsletters.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2024

When Salvador Quijada, a seventh and eighth grade math teacher at Philip’s Academy Charter School, thinks back on his own journey as a mathematician, he gives credit to one high school math teacher who pushed him to take on AP calculus. What’s your favorite lesson to teach and why? Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2024

I’m in my fifth year teaching science to fifth and sixth graders, but, like every other teacher at the K-8 charter school where I work, I also teach reading. The message was clear: We needed to start teaching older students how to sound out and read unfamiliar words. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. newsletters.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2025

Key points: All students are math language learners, regardless of their home language Fostering metacognition and AI integration for ELLs How to support multilingual learners in STEM For more news on language learners, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Math isnt just about numbers. Post the terms on math walls.

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eSchool News

MAY 29, 2025

According to a PEW report, 21 percent of students say theyre not sure if its acceptable to use ChatGPT to solve school math problems, but in spite of that, it has become a common learning tool for many; for the first time this year, we find that it has become a significantly more common tool among Black and Hispanic youth.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Our relationship with math learning is severely damaged in this country. As a Black male educator in northeast Denver, I have seen firsthand the results of poor engagement and learning in math classrooms. As a Black male educator in northeast Denver, I have seen firsthand the results of poor engagement and learning in math classrooms.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

We asked educators to share their views about teaching and learning in 2025 (find industry predictions for 2025 here ). By embracing interdisciplinary learning, NGSS weaves math, language arts, and social science concepts into the science classroom, creating a richer, more connected educational experience for students.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

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. I mean, its fun!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) is supporting the creation of powerful tool suites that can enhance the teaching and learning process, it seems reasonable to identify some ways that teacher assistants can use these tools as well. The nationwide shortage of teachers has caused a similar shortage in the ranks of teacher assistants.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Mind, brain and education science combines knowledge in the fields of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and education to inform methods of teaching and explore the impact of those strategies on learning, helping to transform the field of education. References: Caine, R. McClintic, C., & Klimek, K. link] Gozuyesil, E., & Dikici, A.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

/PRNewswire/ — Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation K-12 learning solutions leader, is excited to announce that the South Carolina State Board of Education has approved the full suite of Savvas K-12 math programs for statewide adoption across all grade levels.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

BALTIMORE, Maryland — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, has unveiled the findings of a Johns Hopkins University study that affirms IXL Math’s effectiveness in boosting student achievement. ” Visit our research page for more information about IXL’s studies.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Some people may say you can’t teach confidence, but they’ve never watched a kid from their robotics class go from struggling in math to realizing they can work through their challenge by trying something new, by chatting with someone going through the same thing, or by simply sticking with it until it’s done.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

My motivation was simple: I wanted to help the class build confidence in teaching STEAM concepts. By implementing this hands-on approach, I hoped that the students would not only deepen their own STEAM understanding, but also gain the confidence and inspiration to effectively teach these critical subjects to their future students.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Starting this fall, Alabama high school students can choose to take these classes–or any other state-approved career and technical education courses–in place of upper level math and science, such as Algebra 2 or chemistry. The state is now calling that track the Option A diploma.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 14, 2025

Two math celebrations are coming up: Pi Day and World Maths Day Pi Day Pi Day is an annual celebration commemorating the mathematical constant (pi). If you wish to celebrate with fun maths events, take a look at this video from the World Maths Day Website: Up to 4 million students world-wide participate in the online competition.

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