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What are Mind-Bending Mondays, and Why Should I Participate?
Everyone loves brainteasers! Riddles, puzzles, and brainteasers don’t seem like work, so they are a fun way to promote thinking skills! Do you love games, mystery novels, and escape rooms? But how can we inspire a love of problem-solving and logical thinking...
Do Critical Thinking Tasks and Models Improve Algebraic Reasoning? Absolutely!
This was the title of my presentation at the NCTM Annual Conference a few years ago. Since then, I have had the opportunity to share these tasks with other teachers, and I hope you find them helpful. Why are these visual tasks important? For years we have understood...
A Piece of the Puzzle
It’s 2020, and a lot of people have been working on jigsaw puzzles! I wanted to buy one for my mother in May, and several designs were backordered! With a puzzle, sometimes the pieces don’t seem to make sense. A small piece might appear to be different than what it...
The Power of Play
What do you consider ‘play’? Children have a broad definition. It can include outdoor activities, board games, or building ‘forts’ from card tables. It also includes anything in which they are building and exploring with their hands. An NCTM article on summer...
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