Is the growth mindset significant?

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Read how the debate flows about the improvements due to the growth mindset. All agree that improvements are made but although they are statistically significant, are they really important?

Read all about it: HERE

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Math games for the vacation time

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You probably all have heard about the “summer slide”. It is the phenomenon whereby children who have worked so hard to acquire some math skills over the summer vacation tend to slide back in their knowledge and lose some of their newly acquired insights.

The good people at the understood website have put together a little list of responsible math games to play with them to keep them in good shape and have some fun too.

Read all about it: HERE

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The state of math in the US

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It doesn’t look good. The article in the link for today is about math anxiety being contagious but they first refer to some worrying statistics:

A research study in the journal Education finds that 71% of Americans cannot calculate gas mileage, 58% cannot figure a tip, and 78% do not have the skills to compute loan interest. How do people manage these routine calculations when they have no idea how to do them? Research suggests they estimate — and “pad” their estimation. In other words, they overpay. Imagine how much money they lose by avoiding simple math.

Read all about it: HERE

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