Adult Learners
Series: Hear from the Experts
A Broken Curriculum: Math Education in United States
October 15, 2014
Phil Daro explains that the main cause behind the United States' lagging academic performance, particularly in math education, is not the students, the teachers, or the schools, but rather the curriculum, specifically in its attempt to cover too much material.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
- Tags Phil Daro, Common Core, CCSS
Series: Hear from the Experts September 19, 2013
Language, Literacy, and Math with Doug Clements
Doug Clements argues that language arts and mathematics are not mutually exclusive skills.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Doug Clements
Series: Hear from the Experts September 19, 2013
Online Math Games with Jan de Lange
Jan de Lange walks through a few educational math games available online. With degrees of difficulty bridging from Pre-K through 8th grade, these games extend the idea of learning trajectories.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Technology, Play, Jan de Lange
Series: Hear from the Experts September 18, 2013
Attitudes & Beliefs with Jie-Qi Chen
Jie-Qi Chen explains the importance (and difficulty) of fostering positive attitudes and beliefs in educators towards teaching mathematics. "Often professional development does not focus on attitudes and beliefs. Why? It's subjective. It's judgmental. It's difficult…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Attitudes
Series: Hear from the Experts September 18, 2013
Math Assessments and Educational Equality in Finland with Kristiina Kumpulainen
Kristiina Kumpulainen reflects on Finland's efforts to provide an equal education in every school.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
Series: Hear from the Experts September 17, 2013
Math Education in Japan with Kiyomi Akita
Kiyomi Akita describes the current climate of math education in Japan.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: Hear from the Experts September 17, 2013
Everyday Activities and Environments with Kiyomi Akita
Kiyomi Akita describes two facets of Japan's strong early math education program. "We encourage teachers to teach mathematics embedded in everyday learning activities."
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: Hear from the Experts September 17, 2013
No-Nonsense Number Sense with Angela Giglio Andrews
Angela Giglio Andrews explains a math activity she used in a preschool class. Despite its apparent simplicity, it led to a wide variety of responses from her students.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Angela Giglio Andrews
Series: Hear from the Experts September 17, 2013
Math On-the-Go with Angela Giglio Andrews
Angela Giglio Andrews shares an anecdote in which an order of french fries shared between a mother and her child led to questions involving measurement and other rich mathematical concepts.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Big and Small, Angela Giglio Andrews
Series: Hear from the Experts September 17, 2013
Math in Folk Tales with Oksana Igrakova
Oksana Igrakova describes some of the broad mathematical connections a teacher could create with the Russian folk story "The Giant Turnip."
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
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