Through classic games, students can learn how to take turns, collaborate, and solve problems—skills that will serve them well ...
It is no secret that many students are not passionate about math. Students feel disconnected from what is taught in class, unsure of the benefits of math and reluctant to pursue careers in the field.
The new question-of-the-week is: What are your favorite classroom games? I’m taking a break from finishing the series on teacher observations and, instead, sharing this series on classroom-learning ...
1. Fast and Slow Piles. This works well as a starting or closing activity. Students sort math fact cards into fast and slow piles. This visual way of tracking facts highlights which facts come ...
Game-based learning has become synonymous with educational video games in some circles, but low-tech games have been used with great success in classrooms for a while. In fact, games that don’t ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about global education, game-based learning, kids, & culture. Here’s a great example of how gamification, or video game ...
One morning last winter I watched a middle-school teacher named Al Doyle give a lesson, though not your typical lesson. This was New York City, a noncharter public school in an old building on a ...
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - One Dorchester County District Two teacher is looking to make math fun for her students with hands-on activities. Hannah Meverden teaches seventh-grade math at East ...
During a Milwaukee Brewers game, there are plenty of numbers on the scoreboard -- telling the story of the game and a player's season. On May 8, thousands of kids worked to make sense of those numbers ...