Level 1 – Teaching by telling The teachers at Level 1 can only tell students the important basic ideas of mathematics such as facts, concepts, and procedures. These teachers are more
Why negative times a negative is positive
Among the ‘rules’ for working with negative numbers, the most counter intuitive is “negative times a negative is a positive”. It is easily forgotten especially if it was learned by rote.
Math Education Studies
Math-ed studies is my new blog about research in mathematics teaching and learning and teacher learning. It contains studies, books, links, etc about mathematics education. It is actually my nth
Math Lessons in Mathematics for Teaching
This is a collection of math lessons posted in this blog. Most if not all of the lessons use the strategy teaching through problem solving or through mathematical investigation. I believe that school mathematics is