In our zest to have children learn math deeply and creatively, professional math educators sometimes give the impression that algorithms are the enemy. In my opinion, nothing could be further from the truth.
I recently stumbled upon the work of Robert Siegler, a professor of cognitive psychology at Carnegie Mellon University who is…
Peck and Matassa (2016) recently published a research paper that reinforced why fraction division and multiplication is such an important…
Today, I uploaded a new video on YouTube that condenses all the research behind my math mystery comic book series,…
One of the most common reasons children struggle when learning fraction division is because they haven’t fully developed their understanding…
With more than 10 days to go, our fundraising has already guaranteed at least 500 copies of Newton’s Nemesis will…
There are many intriguing ways fraction division can be interpreted. The most common are measurement and partitive, but there are more. No wonder it’s so challenging to teach!
The beta test results for Newton’s Nemesis No. 1 are in, and I am thrilled! The teachers and children loved…
As I developed the story for Newton’s Nemesis, I wanted the underlying narrative to reinforce growth mindset, or more specifically,…
The other day, a math teacher sent me a lovely compliment about Newton’s Nemesis and asked if I knew much about how students with dyscalculia