There is nothing horribly wrong with the Ontario government’s plan to revise how mathematics is taught; educators and parents have long been alarmed over the shaky fundamental math skills of ...
Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...
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Parents signing petitions. Governments forced to defend their positions. A declaration that Canada's problem is on the scale of a national emergency. Welcome to the Math Wars, a battle that's been ...
Watch as Steve Butler teaches his students the mathematics of juggling. Video by Alex Murphy AMES, Iowa – Steve Butler casually tosses a ball from his left hand to his right to demonstrate his point ...
Math was the only subject where Canada’s national average dropped below the benchmark score of 500. Even worse, for the first time one of our provinces — Newfoundland and Labrador — scored ...