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The unexpected summer surge has parents and educators buzzing about the potential for educational applications, and fretting about privacy and safety risks they’d prefer children to avoid. Educators say they see opportunities to capitalize on students’ love for the game in the teaching of subjects like social studies, local history, math, mapping, and literacy. »»» […]

Brain activity patterns reveal distinct stages of thinking that can be used to improve how students learn mathematical conceptsA new neuroimaging study reveals the mental stages people go through as they are solving challenging math problems. Insights from this new work may eventually be applied to the design of more effective classroom instruction – particularly

Intresse för fotboll som inspiration I stadsdelen Haringey i norra London deltar fotbollsklubben Tottenham Hotspur i lokala projekt för att öka intresset för matematik. »»» Läs vidare [Using Football to improve maths skills]

Klossar, pappersbitar och självständig problemlösning hör till sådant som förekommer på mattelektionerna i Singapore, där eleverna når toppresultat. »»» Läs vidare [Svenska Dagbladet]

The competition is free and open to all (school or not, teenagers, adults). It takes place from June 18, 9am to June 25, 8pm, Paris time. You can play as many games as you want.The website and the game are available in six languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Dutch). Statistics on various aspects,

The mathematical theory of infinity was created, almost single-handedly, by the German mathematician Georg Cantor at the end of the 19th century. His ideas were so radical that many of his contemporaries flatly refused to accept them. The eminent mathematician Henri Poincaré even called Cantor’s theory a “pathology” from which mathematicians needed to be cured.

Although math skills are considered notoriously hard to improve, researchers boosted kindergarteners’ arithmetic performance simply by exercising their intuitive number sense with a quick computer game. »»» Läs vidare/ Read more [Science Daily]

Slutrapporten konstaterar att hälften av undervisningstiden består av lärarledd helklassundervisning från klassrummets whiteboard och att resten av tiden ägnas åt elevarbete på egen hand eller i grupp. Den lärarledda undervisningen är både monologisk och dialogisk, och whiteboarden används ofta för att visualisera, förtydliga eller för att få igång ett resonerande samtal med klassen. Interaktiva visualiseringar

New research shows that the performance gap between girls and boys is far less pronounced in societies that hold progressive and egalitarian views about the role of women. »»» Läs vidare/ Read more [Science Daily]

Sixth grade students with lower mathematical ability perform better on complex arithmetic problems if they write down their calculations. »»» Läs vidare/ Read more [Science Daily]