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Hur gör man som lärare för att hantera elever som har matematikångest? Forskaren Ingemar Karlsson, som deltar i Matematikbiennalen 2020, har studerat området. – Matematikbiennalen är som en stor manifestation för att förändra matematikundervisningen i Sverige, säger han. Läs mer [Skolvärlden]

I morgon, fredag den 17 januari, praktiserar utbildningsminister Anna Ekström som lärare under en lektion med klass 8E på Pär Lagerkvistskolan i Växjö. Under dagen kommer ministern även att tala vid Matematikbiennalen 2020 och träffa elever och lärare på SiS ungdomshem Ryds brunn i Ryd. Läs mer [Regeringen]

University professors from New York and California designed and developed three digital games – available online and in the iOS and Google Play app stores – to help its users’ brains work more efficiently. While some digital games falsely claim to improve cognitive skills, these three games have actually proven to. Läs mer [EurekAlert!]

Greek mathematicians had a significant influence in not only developing mathematical theory but also in embedding mathematics in the classical and modern curricula. Apart from Pythagoras, who not only set up a school but has strict rules around behaviour and the basis of all knowledge in numbers, they were not learning theorists as such but

Creating learning resources for blind students Mathematics and science Braille textbooks are expensive and require an enormous effort to produce — until now. A team of researchers has developed a method for easily creating textbooks in Braille, with an initial focus on math textbooks. Läs mer [EurekAlert!]

Plato’s Academy is thought by many to have been the first University, open to both men and women. He founded The Academy in 387 BC, a philosophical school that remained in use until AD 526, when it was finally closed down by the Emperor Justinian. Astonishingly, having run for 900 years, it rivals any current

In 1906, Francis Galton was at a country fair where attendees had the opportunity to guess the weight of a dead ox. Galton took the guesses of 787 fair-goers and found that the average guess was only one pound off of the correct weight — even when individual guesses were off base. This concept, known

School test scores often show gaps in performance between white and non-white students. Understanding the complex reasons behind this can help reduce those gaps and promote social equality, explains Mary Paula Arends-Kuenning, associate professor of agricultural and consumer economics at the University of Illinois. Arends-Kuenning is co-author of a study that analyzes math test scores