Dan Finkel runs Math for Love with his wife, Katherine Cook. They have developed two games: Tiny Polka Dot: A math-enriched card deck for 3- to 8-year-olds. “It’s really flexible,” Finkel said. You ...

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A dozen parents gathered around veteran math educator Leanna Baker, moments before students show up for what is billed as a math “festival” for students at Allendale Elementary School in Oakland. “Do ...

Introduction Do you ever use math as a tool to solve interesting problems? In the 1970s math was often taught with simple worksheets. One teacher was looking for a way to help his students have more ...

A Richardson ISD elementary math and PE teacher have paired up help kids hone their math and basketball skills.

Back in 2008, I read a story about a teacher who used NASCAR to make learning math less painful for his students. Tom Baughman, then teaching the fourth grade, called it “NASCAR Math,” and takes the ...

You could tell by the pile of Styrofoam detritus on the desk that the boy had fun. He didn’t follow the rules, but he probably absorbed some math lessons, whether he wanted to or not. This was Monday ...