Fraction Ball converts a traditional basketball court, putting focus on the relationship between fractions and their equivalent decimals. “Fraction Ball can be painted pretty much anywhere or even drawn with chalk,” says University of California-Irvine Assistant Professor Dr. Andres Bustamante.
The drive for symmetry is already apparent in the play of young children, who show growing inclination and ability to create spatially regular and patterned forms with art or construction materials and will often persevere to an astonishing degree to select the precise block needed to maintain the symmetry of a construction.
Spatial activities categorized by process, such as mental rotation, perspective taking, visualization and mapping. More than 30 lessons for early years, primary and junior educators — free to use with students! Includes background info on the benefits of spatial reasoning in mathematics education.
Dr. Julie Comay explores how learning math is filled with joyful possibilities. In her message at this year’s meeting of the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), president Trina Wilkerson delivered a stirring call for bringing joy into mathematics classrooms. The positive language and hopeful sentiments represent a welcome
Math Manipulatives: How do they aid student learning? With insight from practicing teachers, Dr. Julie Comay explores how math manipulatives — both physical and virtual — may help and hinder mathematical development . Manipulatives — physical materials used to represent and solve problems — are ubiquitous in elementary mathematics classrooms. While their
The inherent structure of games develop mathematical skill and understanding. Dr. Julie Comay and Dr. Zack Hawes explain how to choose a game that motivates learning. Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Lab School teachers share the games that are popular in their classrooms. “It may sound obvious, but
Joan Moss and Zack Hawes explain the benefits of focusing on spatial reasoning in early years math with lessons for teachers to explore When Ontario was introducing full-day kindergarten in 2010, Robertson Program Research Lead Dr. Joan Moss was investigating and developing ways to enhance mathematics education in the early
