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Teaching Math to Boys Teacher Tom Wolken uses technology tools and timed challenges to teach math at Olmsted Academy North, an all-boys middle school in Louisville, Kentucky.

the Math Emporium here at Virginia Tech represent a first step in truly escaping the tyranny of the 'seat-time' paradigm.

If John sits daydreaming in a traditional classroom, the class goes on without him. If he sits lost in reverie in the Math Emporium, the computer in front of him patiently waits; there will be no progress, no completion of assigned tasks, until he does something--until he takes an active role in learning

From algebra to vectors - and everything in between - explore ways to get the message across and bring maths to life.

Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.

Math And Logic Problems to develop logical reasoning and creative thinking

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