How number systems shape our thinking, and what this means for learning, language and culture

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...
Parenting Patch on MSN

The Best Educational Shows For Kids Based On Subject

Educational TV for kids has come a long way since I was a kid. Gone are the preachy, boring lessons, and instead, kids have a ...
Edutopia

5 Strategies to Help Build Math Fluency in K–2

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...
New York Post

New NY math guidelines tell teachers to stop testing kids on problem-solving speed to curb ‘anxiety’

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...
The Province

Trick, treat, teach: Use Halloween party planning to educate kids about money

Q: My wife and I have a blended family with three older teens who live with us part time, plus our 11- and 13-year-olds who are with us full time. We’ve been trying to teach all of the kids that money ...
Wall Street Journal

The Numbers Six and Seven Are Making Life Hell for Math Teachers

The meme exploded into youth culture with a video of a boy who delivers a giddy “six seven” at a basketball game. CAM WILDER The name of this fall’s most obnoxious classmate: Six Seven. Math teacher ...
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Sales exec who helped launch the NES says Donkey Kong Jr. Math is "the worst game we released" and Nintendo "thought it'd be great for kids' education, but we couldn't give it ...

Former Nintendo of America vice president of sales, Bruce Lowry, who helped launch the NES, has lifted the lid about the much-maligned Donkey Kong Jr. Math. When the Nintendo Entertainment System ...