Puzzles are a hands-on way to explore simpler and complex mathematical relationships, for everyone from kids to calculus students.
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Teaching should encourage discovery, curiosity and problem solving. Why are teachers holding back?
Citizen science project ‘Insect Investigators’ takes scientists to regional schools to teach students to track and identify insects.
A journalism professor discovers that some of the best lessons for future journalists can be taught on a pool table.
Collaborative work benefits calculus students, new research shows.
Active learning brings new knowledge to children and to their community.
Storytelling has endangered status in UK schools, partly due to a huge emphasis on ‘active learning’.
By embracing a style beyond the typical classroom lecture, math education can serve all of our students better.
Why we need more physical activity in the classroom.
There’s a great deal of debate about what devices schools should be using. But educators should be focusing on how children learn, not what they learn on.
Teenagers spend more time consuming media than they do sleeping. Most of this consumption is passive - a habit that’s creeping into classrooms, too.
At its simplest, participation is about allowing children to get involved in making decisions that affect their own lives and their own learning experiences.
Lectures and lecturers will have to adapt to modern times in order to stay relevant.
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