Tag: math
Resources for learning about the Common Core State Standards for Mathemetical Practices
By Guest Blogger on October 25th, 2012
Today’s guest blogger is Carolyn Felux, Director of Education for Math Solutions, a longtime mathematics educator and a more recent student in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. In this post she shares a list of resources that helpedmore… full post
Common Core assessments push shift to ‘application’ of knowledge
By Tyler on October 4th, 2012
This is one in a series of posts examining the Common Core State Standards and the conversation surrounding their impact on teaching and learning. It’s pretty telling that when one of the groups designing new Common Core assessments posted somemore… full post
Balancing ‘conceptual’ and ‘procedural’ understanding in math
By Tyler on June 28th, 2012
This is one in a series of posts examining the Common Core State Standards and the conversation surrounding their impact on teaching and learning. A quick math quiz for you (no paper and pencil or calculator allowed!): Tell me an example of amore… full post
Letters versus numbers
By Morgan on January 19th, 2012
As a student, I believed there were two kinds of people in the world: those who “got” math, and those who didn’t. Of course, I know now that’s not true; I’ve learned that real studying and discipline, along with good teachers and helpfulmore… full post
A new perspective on math
By Morgan on April 19th, 2011
I’m a writer with an English degree, but I was always intrigued by the various math classes I’ve taken. From geometry to calculus to statistics, there’s something so certain, so black-and-white, about math and math concepts that I still find tomore… full post
Video gems from the Scholastic YouTube channels
By Morgan on November 16th, 2010
In the minute it’s taking you to read this blog post, 24 hours (hours!) of video was uploaded to YouTube. Two billion videos per day (day!) are served up on the site (site! Okay, I’m kidding with that one.). I was trawling through the Scholasticmore… full post
America’s Education: We’re not waiting either.
By Tyler on October 26th, 2010
Today’s post was written by Dr. David Dockterman, Chief Math Officer of Scholastic, for the Math Hub blog. We thought he had an interesting take on the controversial film Waiting for Superman, and decided we should cross-post it here… Takemore… full post
Scholastic Welcomes Math Solutions
By Scholastic on September 13th, 2010
Earlier today, Scholastic announced that the company has acquired Math Solutions, a leading authority on K-12 mathematics instruction, providing teachers with professional development services, publications, and resources. Math Solutions was foundedmore… full post
On the need for STEM and Art
By Scholastic on July 21st, 2008
David Warlick posted this morning about the need for a marriage between STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) and the Arts today and, while I think hope that we’d be hard pressed to find someone who disagreed with his point that, STEMmore… full post
The "gender gap." Who’s being left behind?
By Tyler on May 30th, 2008
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the “boys crisis” in education. And also the “girls crisis.”The so-called “gender gap” has been getting a lot of ink. So, who’s getting the short end of the stick in schools today? Boys or girls? Turns outmore… full post
