Tag: problem solving
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Executive Functioning in Math
https://medium.com/@DeborahMcCallum/executive-functioning-in-math-5aa383deb28a
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Makerspaces for All
Over this last year, I have had the opportunity to understand what Education for All, Learning for All, differentiation and equity on deeper levels due to working in a Makerspace. Learning is about problem solving, creating positive math mindsets, constructing and building knowledge through hands on activities, and most of all, promoting equity. No…
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5 Steps for Planning the Big Ideas in Education – with Pokemon Go
Always start with the Big Ideas in education when you plan your days, weeks, units, and years. Avoid starting with Pokemon Go. When you start with the technology, you risk gaps in learning – lest your practice become about the tool and not the curriculum for student achievement. Does this mean not to use Technologies…
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StoryBird: Math Strategies used by Students
Storybird – Math Strategies for Students
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Math and Communication
The strategies we use to teach math are coming under a lot of consideration these days. I do believe that curriculum frameworks are changing for the better within a changing society. We are moving from a purely behaviouralistic view of curriculum as drill, repetition, basic skills instruction and review. Curriculum under this view is highly…
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