"The famous Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget stated: "to understand is to invent", highlighting the active nature of the learner. The above discussion provides an outline of the theoretical foundation on which Inquiry-Based Learning rests. Furthermore, it provides a summary of the mounting evidence that students who are given the opportunity to learn mathematics through inquiry develop better strategic competence and deeper conceptual understanding of mathematics. "

A practical list of Math teaching/learning methods that embrace inquiry for deep understanding.

"we've gathered a handful of algebra apps summarized on APPitic.com, an app resource site with more than 6,000 apps in more than 300 subcategories."

"Computer science skills are becoming more and more important to success in today's economy, and this importance is highlighted during the annual Hour of Code. A number of resources on Code.org and other sites can help students of all ages and skill levels develop coding skills."

"Teaching programming skills to children is seen as a long-term solution to the "skills gap" between the number of technology jobs and the people qualified to fill them."

Blog about finding enduring understandings for Algebra. An idea about using Scratch (drag and drop coding) in Math class.

A description of Van Gogh Starry night and its mathematically accurate expression of flow and turbulence.

Math Problems used as an example to support a problem solving culture in the classroom.

The Story of Deborah Loewenberg Ball - an extraordinary Math educator and her path to teaching excellence through life long learning.

A list of manipulative for all sorts of purposes / lessons/ problem solving.

Collection of Math videos - everything from jokes to number facts and intriguing problems.

A question about squares to get students thinking (and interpreting questions carefully) From Millionaire

Videos produced by MIT faculty for math/science concepts that have applications or demonstrations that usually attach to the world around us and higher mathematical thinking

Math Trick for multiplication of large numbers or use in simple algebra.

Dan Meyers blog - new ideas each week.

Prompts for finding out why student make mistakes on word problems.

Webinar of Dan Meyer using video techniques and talking about math pedagogy

Mobile devices can also be used to help student practice foundational math skills and build their math fluency.

"the more I questioned the wisdom of this rigid requirement. And eventually my message for students changed from you must show your work to you may show your work. Here's why." The goal of showing work is to understand thinking ... requiring showing work may hinder mathematical thinking by emphasizing computation.

3 Responses to a students favorite question " Why do I need this"...