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The Math Learning Center Blog

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MLC will attend the annual AMTE conference in Orlando this year. Stop by our table or join us for a presentation to learn more about the Bridges University program. Presentation: Using Bridges in Mathematics K–5 in Math Methods Courses Pam Harris, University of Texas Thursday, February 12, 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm in Salon 6 Click the map below to view university instructors currently using Bridges in...
Rick Ludeman, Chief Executive Officer
Several years ago MLC collaborated with the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) to establish a scholarship fund for elementary math specialists. Congratulations to this year's winners: Tiffany Dennison, from Lincoln, Vermont Kimberly Hayden, from Manassas, Virginia Helen Spruill, from Brooklyn, New York Find out more about the Elementary Math Specialist Scholarship. Jami Smith is a...
Jami Smith
It’s always exciting to hear positive feedback from teachers using Bridges in Mathematics! This snippet from the Weld County School District RE-4 Board meeting minutes : Ms. Jo Finnegan, retired Windsor High School Math Teacher, spoke to the Board about the new elementary math curriculum Bridges. She has been working with students using the new system and wanted to thank the board and the...
Jami Smith
Recently my school adopted the Responsive Classroom approach, which has been part of my teaching since 2001. What does it mean to be a Responsive Classroom school, and how does RC help me with Bridges math instruction? 1. The social and emotional curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum. Responsive Classroom brings together academic and social-emotional learning through specific...
Math standards have changed, and so too must math teaching practices. Pia Hansen’s message at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference in Indiana is featured in Chalkbeat Indiana , a news site covering educational change. Pia, The Math Learning Center’s director of professional development, drew a crowd of teachers who came to learn how visual strategies can help students reach a...
Today's debates about the future of education are complex and often contentious. What if the most important concept to embrace was both strikingly simple and profound? What if the genesis of educational success was as straightforward as mindset? In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting...
Dr. Raj Shah explains why math is now taught differently than it was in the past and helps address misconceptions about "new math". Dr. Shah is the owner and founder of Math Plus Academy an academic enrichment program with two locations in Columbus, Ohio. Math Plus Academy offers class in math, robotics, programming and chess for kids from KG to 9th grade. Math Plus Academy is on a mission to show...
Jami Smith
The Number Pieces app is an excellent tool for teaching and learning place value. Here are a few activities that you can use with kids in grades 1–2. These activities explore base ten concepts and models within 1,000 that will help lay the foundation for learning double-digit computation. Activity 1: Ask the child to show a certain number using the base ten pieces. For example, 3 tens, 7 ones, and...
Jami Smith
The array model, used throughout Bridges, is the subject of “Arrays, Multiplication and Division” by Jennie Pennant from nrich.maths.org. The piece outlines how the array model supports development of a sense of multiplicative relationships and describes how to move students from building multiplication facts and tables to exploring division as the inverse operation of multiplication. The author...
Jami Smith
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Jami Smith