Figure this: numbers are like toys in Math Circle
‘It’s math for the sake of math – just for fun. In class you are taught math. Here you experience math’...
Turning the (multiplication) tables
The Michigan Mathematics Educators (MichME) initiative is changing the way math is taught in West Michigan schools, one teacher and classroom at a time. After four years, the program has rewired the way math is taught by more than 250 educators and administrators...
Performances for School Groups
The Grand Rapids Symphony is dedicated to providing exceptional opportunities for school groups and home school families to explore the world of classical music though performances in and around Grand Rapids, as well as in the schools.
They did the monster math
Students in Patti Reeder and James Rex’s classes were challenged to use exponential function to create a scenario in which zombies take over the world...
New approach lifts struggling students’ math scores
Thanks to streamlined coaching, students are filling in gaps in their basic skills so they can move forward in math
Planning an Outdoor Classroom, for Real
Three classrooms, a memory bench and a sidewalk. Those are elements in ninth-graders Diamond Johnson, Madisyn Rogers and Jamya Sanders’ design for a greenhouse-themed outdoor addition to their school.
“(Students and teachers) said they’d rather be outside and get fresh...
Profiting from Basic Math
Though some may think it's crummy, 10th-graders Madalyn Austin and Rebekah Hoyle said The Snacky Sleeper is the perfect lazy-evening, popcorn-munching luxury: a "comfortable, supportive memory foam pillow" with a pouch for snacks.
"The Snacky Sleeper keeps your snacks in...
Classroom energy + student enthusiasm = math success
Four years ago, Cedar View fifth grade teachers Jennifer Kahler and Erin Cairy switched the traditional teaching style of explaining math concepts and helping students as they worked individually to what they call "Collaborative Math."
Fifth grader Colten Schreiner knows...
Club Subtracts Fear from Math
Diamond Sparkman softly counts aloud as she measures the sides of a polygon displayed on a computer screen, trying to determine its area. “Seven times seven is 49,” she says, writing the equation on paper. Then she’s stuck.
“Miss Kanoza,...
New Technology Helps Kindergartners with Math
Lakeside Elementary kindergartner Charlotte Kanaan stood beside teacher Shannon Mitchell and worked through a math problem, which her classmates could see thanks to a document camera that beamed her actions through an overhead projector. Today’s lesson: 11s and 12s,...
Math, Fun? With Creative Teaching and Baseball, Anything’s Possible
Editor's Note: At Recess is an occasional humor column that takes a lighter look at schools and education. Funny things sometimes happen when you work with kids -- or adults! The views expressed represent only the views of the writer and...
Good Math Skills a Must for Good Jobs, Employers Say
Editor's note: Making Math Add Up is a series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods some schools and teachers are using with success.
A series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods...
Common Core Math Changes Focus to Real Life Scenarios
Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods some schools and teachers are using with success.
Common Core is going to bring big changes to the way school math...
Adding a Coach, Studying Data Successful In Improving Math Grades
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods some schools and teachers are using with success.
Students at Thornapple Kellogg Middle School have been doing better at math this...
Teacher, Math Team Create Buzz of Excitement at Lakeside Elementary
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods some schools and teachers are using with success.
While his 44-student third-grade math team sat with fingers crossed, Lakeside Elementary teacher...
Math Success Rates Jump in Comstock Park
Editor's note: This is the second in a series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods some schools and teachers are using with success.
Comstock Park High School Algebra 2 teacher Dave Staublin sketched a plain cylinder...
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