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Student-Powered Math

Student-Powered Math

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We do that! That’s what I was thinking while listening to Dan Meyer’s keynote at the California Math Council’s Central Symposium. If you’re not familiar with Dan, he’s a nationally recognized math educator known for reimagining how teachers design and present math problems to spark curiosity and deeper thinking. His talk centered on nurturing student creativity in math lessons. “Creativity,” he said, is “one of the most essential human activities,” and I agree. Humans are naturally curious…we explore, test ideas,…

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Experience a Family Math Night

Experience a Family Math Night

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The holiday season is a time when families gather to connect and share joy. As I was organizing photos from a recent Family Math Night, I was struck by that same spirit of togetherness. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, students, teachers, custodians, and the principal all joined in creating a shared community experience. And while the focus of the evening was math, what truly stood out was the joy of connection and the feeling of belonging that brought everyone together.  So…

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Connecting to Families in an AI Environment

Connecting to Families in an AI Environment

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“He loved playing the game because we played as a family and he felt happy.” This quote, from a parent in our recent Take-Home board games case study, reminded me how important it is to engage with each other face-to-face. In a world where screens often dominate our attention, physical connection sometimes gets lost. And now with AI becoming more prevalent, it’s essential to remember that, according to child psychologists, children learn best from meaningful, in-person interactions with others. The good news is, families really…

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How Our Take-Home Games Helped Reinforce Essential Math Skills and Support Parent/Teacher Communication – a Case Study

How Our Take-Home Games Helped Reinforce Essential Math Skills and Support Parent/Teacher Communication – a Case Study

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Objective One of our goals at Math Unity has always been to engage families in fun hands-on math activities that are linked to learning. We know that when schools and families partner together around the common goal of educating students, learning improves and students make greater academic gains. The objective for this study was two-fold. The first was to see if our games engaged families in hands-on math in a way that reinforced essential math skills. The second was to see…

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