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Adding Meaning to Word Problems
Dec 14, 2021 | Article
The focus of this article in the November 2021 issue of Mathematics Teacher, Melissa Gallagher, Laura Ellis, and Travis Weiland show how teachers can make boring word problems into meaningful mathematical experiences for their students.
Explicit Instruction vs. Inquiry Based – Which is the Better Approach?
Dec 27, 2020 | Math Intervention
There is no shortage of disputes in mathematics education. Lively discussions and arguments over what works with our students and what doesn’t is the backbone…
Bar Modeling – Introduction, History, and Theoretical Underpinnings
Nov 24, 2020 | Primary Math
What Are Bar Models? Strip Diagrams, Tape Diagrams, Tape Models and others, are all names for the same thing – Bar Models. But as a…
How Much Homework? Using “Take & Play” to Connect Literature and Math in the Early Grades
Oct 22, 2020 | Primary Math
What’s the most recent and common question from parents & teachers of K-2 age students that I get when giving my Teaching Math using Children’s…
Student Journal Examples
Jul 10, 2020 | Singapore Math
Hello Teachers! We often get requests from teachers during our workshops to see examples of student journal entries at the various grade levels. We put…
Number Bonds – Critical Connections and a Student Introduction
Aug 15, 2019 | Primary Math
I was asked to teach a demonstration lesson for a handful of teachers last November. It was a class of first-graders, and they had already…
A Brief History of Singapore Mathematics
Mar 1, 2019 | Singapore Math
A Significant Start The relevant history to Singapore Mathematics begins in 1965. Prior to 1965 Singapore was a part of Malaysia and was a country…
iPad Apps Dr. Yeap Ban Har Uses
Jan 7, 2018 | Primary Math, Singapore Math
At every one of our conferences, without fail, we’re asked to share the apps we use during our workshops and in our classrooms. Below…