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Counting: The first steps towards arithmetic calculation
How many times have we heard “My son can count to 20!” It’s something parents say, they’re excited to see their little ones growing up. However, teach…
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Building upon Building Thinking Classrooms
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics (K-12), by Peter Liljedahl, is a great book. No advertising is needed: every teacher I met in NJ this Sept…
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How to enrich math exercises
Recycling exercises In a recent article, we discussed the nature of problems and their fundamental difference with exercises—more routine tasks.Since…
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What is a problem?
This is how I usually begin my Math PD sessions for elementary and my course to preservice teachers at the university. I simply ask, “What is a proble…
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How to manage the transition from elementary to middle school
The change, or rather, the transition between elementary and middle school is not always easy. Teachers can sometimes be unsure of how to prepare thei…
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Known Facts / Derived Facts
Table of contents If you follow us, you will surely have heard us mention the expression “known facts, derived facts” on many, many occasions. With th…
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Reflecting on the Complexity of the Teaching Profession: A Path to Meaningful Learning
Table of Contents The teaching profession is a complex profession that is far from straight forward. This is because it is not about passing on knowle…
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Number formation in Early Years education
Table of contents How to build the concept of numbers In Early Years education, learning the numbers takes longer and is more complex than what we mig…
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Indicators in the Classroom for a Successful Learning of Mathematics
Following a conversation with one of our teaching advisors, Cecilia Calvo, we have described daily situations in the classroom that provide us with in…