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Importance of visuals, how to use data, math fact fluency and much more!

The importance of having and using visuals to better understand and create mathematical ideas.

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How the Google Suite Can Enhance Open-Ended Math ExplorationMath educator Alice Keeler teams up with Stanford math education professor Jo Boaler to look at how open-ended math tasks can be enhanced with technology.

Visual Mathematics - YouCubedWe have been collaborating with our 2 neuroscience advisors, Christian Battista and Lang Chen, on new papers releasing the fascinating new evidence on the ways our brains learn mathematics, that are shared on this page. In the labs at Stanford they have developed some really interesting new knowledge on the ways brains work mathematically. Prof Vinod Menon and his team have shown that our brains are made up of 5 different networks that are involved when we think about maths. Two of the networks are visual pathways – one is the ventral and one the dorsal visual pathway. Neuroimaging has shown that even when people work on a number calculation, such as 12 x 25, with symbolic digits (12 and 25) our mathematical thinking is partly visual. The different evidence that is coming from the neuroscientists tells us that our brain wants to think visually about maths. Building students’ mathematical understanding doesn’t just mean strengthening one area of the brain that is involved with abstract numbers, it means strengthening connections between areas of the brain and strengthening the visual pathways. We at youcubed believe that every mathematical concept can be represented visually to students, and that this would help them greatly. In our teacher paper, called “Seeing as Understanding,” we not only discuss the visual research but also include visual activities for all grade levels. Some of the other papers and news articles share some fascinating new research on the importance of fingers. The visual activities shares different K-12 visual math activities, as examples of ways to make maths more visual.

If You Want to Be Creative, Don’t Be Data Driven – Microsoft Design – Medium3 Ideas that will completely change how you think about data

Fluency Without Fear - YouCubedDownload PDF Fluency Without Fear: Research Evidence on the Best Ways to Learn Math Facts By Jo Boaler, Professor of Mathematics Education, co-founder youcubed With the help of Cathy Williams, co-founder youcubed & Amanda Confer, Stanford University Updated January 28th, 2015 Introduction A few years ago a British politician, Stephen Byers, made a harmless error …

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Ruth Parker, a renowned math educator, wrote "An Open Letter" to families to help them understand the changes in mathematics education. She answers common questions families ask. See if she answers any of your questions!

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Professional Development: What should it look like?A few weeks ago Michael Fenton asked on his blog this question: Suppose a teacher gets to divide 100% between two categories: teaching ability and content knowledge. What’s the ideal breakdown? The…

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